Sentence examples for gloomy figures from inspiring English sources

Many things contribute to these gloomy figures.

The government has pledged to improve all these gloomy figures.

But despite the gloomy figures, the place is far from squalid.

He was unable to escape some of the blame for the Democratic losses of governors' offices in New Jersey and Virginia earlier in the week and there were more gloomy figures on jobs.

Today's gloomy figures cast doubt on a pledge of tax cuts by the fledgling government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, which was based on a forecast of 2.4percentt growth this year.

The gloomy figures appear to support estimates for GDP growth out last week, which suggest that the UK economy shrank by 0.7% in the second quarter – far more than expected.

Last week, the Labor Department announced another gloomy figure: the economy added only 1,000 jobs last month, far fewer than needed to absorb those who want to work.

Jean is a longtime rival of the home's current queen, Ann Langley, as well as the former wife of a leading resident, the celebrated tenor Reggie Paget Tom Courtenayy), a quiet, gloomy figure.

Face it, Monsieur President, if you ever met Dave down a dark alley, he'd box your ruddy ears!   * As his concerned friends at the Daily Mail helpfully pointed out at the time, the Cuban-heeled Señor Bercow appeared to cut a gloomy figure when briefly caught on camera during flighty wife Sally's last much-publicised stint on reality television.

These figures fit a gloomy pattern: Scotland's growth rate over the past decade averaged 1.9% a year, while Britain's averaged 2.3%.In this section Fire, flood and the equity markets Cranes on the skyline, crashes on the horizon?

Some economists have even suggested the UK may not be back in recession at all and have voiced fears that gloomy official figures may be hitting confidence.