Sentence examples for surprising figure from inspiring English sources

He's a surprising figure.

It's not a surprising figure, though.

It is a surprising figure given the general retail anemia.

Second on this year's list is an even more surprising figure, and a relative newcomer to the acting A-list.

The victory was the major-league-leading 18th shutout this season for the Mets, a surprising figure for a team only one game over.500 at 58-57.

The Vikings finished with 172 yards on the ground, a somewhat surprising figure given how stellar the Cardinals' run defense was against the Giants last week.

Still, Labour's people are looking at one set of surprising figures and thinking there is still hope.

The petition contained a few surprising figures: licensed collectors removed more than half a million turtles from Arkansas between 2004 and 2006; more than two hundred and fifty thousand "wild caught adult turtles" were exported to Asia from a single airport over a span of four years.

Shares in all three of the big supermarkets have been languishing; Morrisons' surprising figures – the City had forecast a 2 per cent fall – may just have been the cue for some of those who have been short-selling the sector to close out their positions, giving the shares some artificial support.

But, even though it is only late spring, a surprising number of figures in the field have cast an anxious eye ahead to the danger of gas stocks running low this winter.

And at the last election, a surprising number of leftwing figures were elected as Labour MPs, including charismatic former miners' leader Ian Lavery, Grahame Morris and Ian Mearns.