Sentence examples for off the figure from inspiring English sources

First off, the figure gives weekly sales of the daily titles of 26.8m, so you need to divide that by five to get a grasp of the number of people, say 5.7m.

They're just sitting down to dinner to the artichokes, one per plate, the grill out on the deck sending up smoke under the steaks when Seldy, in a yellow sundress that shows off the figure she's been growing into over the past year, drifts into the room, late as usual.

They're just sitting down to dinner — to the artichokes, one per plate, the grill out on the deck sending up smoke under the steaks — when Seldy, in a yellow sundress that shows off the figure she's been growing into over the past year, drifts into the room, late as usual.

Nothing between her legs!" In retaliation, Bourgeois modelled her father in bread and spit and cut off the figure's limbs.

That is not so far off the figure of 44 gigatonnes needed to avoid catastrophic global warming.

Weak pay growth is set to cut 10p off the figure, with the rate now expected to increase to £7.50 an hour, said the Resolution Foundation.

Selahattin Demirtas, a BDP leader, reels off the figures.

Rounding off the figures is a bookkeeping convenience, not a way for your boss to cut his costs or for you to pad your paycheck.

Once analogue signals are finally turned off the figures are likely to stabilise, but hopefully will remain at these high levels".

What would happen if Britain or Germany or France had gone through what Greece has gone through?" Henley reeled off the figures that underlined his point – unemployment at 26%, youth unemployment at 50%, GDP down 25%.

At the Paris headquarters of France 98, just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower, the press department reels off the figures for TV rights and commercial sponsorship with unashamed glee.