"figure" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Nevertheless, several substantial figures of more senior generations participated in the competition, and not all their works were destined to be forgotten.
- Leaving aside repairs, alterations, carpets and curtains, these costs could amount to £4,000 on a £75,000 house - a substantial figure.
- He is, to say the least, a substantial figure.
- This is a substantial figure and suggests that individuals see the need more clearly than organisations.
- "Then you understand why I have you down in the budget for the rather substantial figure you've been protesting," she concluded triumphantly.
- Vintage's winning bid is said to have been for "a substantial six figures."
- And then the lawyer coughed, proposed a study, and named a substantial figure for a two-year research grant.
- In the background too were two of Hollywood's must substantial figures.
- It established Mead as a substantial figure in American anthropology, a position she would maintain for the next fifty years.
- Analysts said that was a substantial figure, considering that the programming from their respective libraries will cost nothing.
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