Sentence examples for watched figure from inspiring English sources

This is supermarket purists' most keenly watched figure.

Its pretax profit margin, a widely watched figure on Wall Street, came in at 18.5 percent.

The first widely watched figure for June will probably be industrial production, scheduled for release on Friday.

Pandora also reported a success in another closely watched figure: its "content acquisition" costs, which include royalties to music companies.

In another closely watched figure, the survey found big companies planned to increase spending on plant and equipment by 7.6percentt in the year to next March, revised up from a 6.0percentt rise in the previous tankan.

Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, the only Republican on the Senate Finance Committee who has expressed any willingness to support the health care legislation, may be the most closely watched figure in the committee's debating sessions.

The closely watched figures for fixed-asset investment are among the least reliable.

The closely watched figures, from Kantar Worldpanel, monitor trends in total sales.

Her red hair, broad Australian accent and sharp mind have made her one of the most watched figures in Australian politics.

She watched figures move about the kitchen, a series of family tableaux framed by the floral-curtained windows: now Colman and Oisín, now Oisín and Emer, sometimes Emer and Pavel.

Mr. Malone was among the most closely watched figures at the conference because of his role on the periphery of two of the biggest continuing dramas in the media industry.