Sentence examples for towards numbers from inspiring English sources

His answer to 'seven times six' was, 'Look, I came here to answer questions about my overall strategy towards numbers and I won't be drawn on precise figures at this stage which will be revealed in due course when I make a statement in October.'" The new tests could even become profitable, if the numbers can be sponsored.

Digit preference is a subconscious bias towards numbers that end in certain digits.

There was also regularity in the estimated divergence time among datasets, all results pointed towards numbers around 0.5 million years.

If, as he hopes, his profligacy helps propel him towards Number 10, Prime Minister Brown will have to sort out the problems that Chancellor Brown created.

At the appointed hour today he rose towards number three - meaning he was putting his £10 on Holland to beat Ivory Coast with a one-goal winning margin on Friday.

At high noon today, asked to deliver a verdict on holders Brazil's opening game against Croatia (Tuesday, 8pm), he darted towards number 6 - nailing his colours to Croatia's mast, to win by an impressive margin of two or more goals.

There might have been a little more aggression towards number 11 because I could bounce them and feel quick and good about myself but it's exactly the same ball which would get the wickets.

Joey "Jaws" Chestnut had said he would break Kobayashi's 6-time consecutive champion record and then retire, but now Joey is heading towards number 9. On July 4th, no one beats Joey -- no one.

A trip up the list towards number 1 introduces some more high profile characters including several celebrity chefs (especially ones with important social agendas like local food sourcing, ending hunger, addressing child health) and then increasingly, especially in the top 10, the CEOs of all the major industrial food giants: Cargill, McDonald's, Monsanto, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Tyson...

Given the bias towards greater expression of maize1 homeologs, the slight bias towards higher numbers of maize1 genes with retained homeologs among genes supported by full length cDNA evidence was expected, but this finding is not of significant interest.

He has recently learned to swim and is making progress towards adding numbers.