Sentence examples for the figures behind from inspiring English sources

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The figures behind the crisis are startling.

The figures behind the published plans are merely hopes.

He would stare at the windows of apartment buildings, wondering about the figures behind them.

These are the figures behind it, which can be found in the UN document published last month, World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision.

I know Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife, Daisy Khan — the figures behind the Islamic community center — and they are the real thing.

The grouping of the figures behind the open parasol creates a sense of intimacy, which is further reinforced by the placement of the viewer inside the boat.

But intercut with this story are harsher, more outrageous scenes in which the figures behind the glass come to life: a model asks a snowman for crack cocaine; Tiny Tim discusses sex with Scrooge.

The figures behind this claim are striking – just 62 individuals now hold the same wealth as the bottom half of humanity, compared with 80 in 2014 and 388 in 2010.

But Chalabi, one of the figures behind the Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq, was determined to dent the mainstream western "Newsnight version" of the country: "Tanks, bombs, rockets, blood.

Nasser al-Qudwa, Arafat's nephew and one of the figures behind the museum, said at a press conference two weeks ago that some of Arafat's possessions from the coastal strip had reportedly been spotted in Gaza markets.

As Conservative chairman, Maude led a drive to persuade the party that it had to change to become electable and was one of the figures behind the formation of the Policy Exchange thinktank.

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