Sentences with phrase «alarming figure»

Often, biodiversity campaigners have attempted to capture our attention with pictures of cuddly endangered animals or alarming figures about the rate of disappearing species.

In January, Deutsche Bank's top economists offered an even more alarming figure, saying that, relative to historical averages, houses are selling for 60 per cent more than they're worth — the highest overvaluation in the world.

A research article published in 2016 states that obesity has more than doubled from 1980 to 2014, the latter year saw 11 % worldwide obesity — a very alarming figure that continues to rise every day.

I hate to get heavy here, and ruin your buzz, but alarming figures released by The National Crime Agency (NCA) show the number of people reporting rape on their first date with someone they met on a dating website or app has risen by more than 450 % in five years.

It is well known that the man - hours lost to industry through mental sickness of one kind or another reach an alarming figure.

That's an alarming figure of three deaths per week.

This weekend's YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has some alarming figures about UKIP voting intentions.

The party chairman said that with the alarming figure of casualties from the clashes, there was need for the state government to take a decisive step on the issue.

That alarming figure is only expected to rise in the future, and it strains the economy in multiple ways.

The alarming figures revealed by the BBC this week detailing the number of mistakes routinely occurring in maternity wards around the country must be taken very seriously by the Government.

Despite the alarming figures, only 46 - 65 % of those suffering from moderate to severe emotional impairment are receiving some forms of treatment.