Sentence examples for surprising figures from inspiring English sources

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

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.

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.

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.

But that still leaves more than one in 10 Latinos who regard Trump in a positive light – a surprising figure given the hugely hostile things he has said about their community over the past 10 months.

The exit data, from CNN, was based on a small sample of Latino voters, but it was nonetheless a surprising figure for a candidate who has called Mexicans "rapists" and "criminals".