The phrase
"to quote a figure" means to provide or mention a specific number or statistic in order to support or explain something.
Full definition
The company also
quotes a figure of 70 hours of continuous usage with the light set to 15 - 20 percent brightness.
An oft
quoted figure from this study is that male dogs were six times more likely to bite than female dogs.
In fact, it is always a no - win situation for you — you must
quote a figure which is either too high or too low.
A senate president that has access to raw cash and power is
quoting figures like he has educate the whole nation.
Well, we'll take it with a pinch of laundry detergent, but we were
quoted a figure of around # 25,000.
Toyota doesn't
quote figures for the TRD Taco, but we'd estimate it's a good three seconds slower to 60.
Figures reflect a restatement of the original share class to include both the Rule 12b - 1 fees and maximum initial sales charges (
when quoting figures with sales charges) applicable to each share class as though in effect from the fund's inception.
Out of a concern for justice, people often
quote figures showing the gross disparity in the per capita GNP of different countries, The apparent implication is that justice requires reduction of the disparity.
On Friday BBC Sport
quoted a figure close to Bakambu as saying that Guoan provided the funds to buy himself out of his contract at Villarreal.
In many parts of the world, women are still oppressed, and in Western society sexism is still rampant The contemporary American theologian Charlene
Spretnak quotes figures which indicate that one in every three women in the USA will be raped during her lifetime, and that one woman is physically beaten every fourteen seconds in the USA.
Draxler is likely to be valued at around the # 30 - 35 million mark, despite reports during the
summer quoting a figure closer to # 50 million.
All the major
pollsters quote figures that give more weight to this group than to others - with the results that we're actually only looking at a proportion of the electorate.
Akufo - Addo
who quoted figures from the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) said the country lost about GHc618 million in economic activity in 2014 alone which he said is «equivalent to 2 percent...
A
commonly quoted figure is that about 9 per cent of regular users become dependent, which probably stems from a US study from the 1990s.
For example, Japan
repeatedly quotes a figure of 760 000 as the committee's estimate of the number of minke whales in the Southern Ocean, yet you will not find such a figure in any report from the IWC's scientific committee.
In a parliamentary debate last week, former Education Select Committee chairman Graham
Stuart quoted figures suggesting the 10 best - funded areas had received an average grant of # 6,300 per pupil this year, compared with an average of # 4,200 per pupil for the 10 most poorly - funded areas.
Manufacturers
always quote a figure for «the average commute» that seems to fit their particular EV or plug - in hybrid's electric range.
I can spend a lot of
time quoting figures on eBook and print sales (and analysing how efficacious they are, given the erratic quality of published numbers), but it isn't necessary for this discussion.
Many blogs are
quoting figures between.0057 and.006 per page for Amazon's anticipated payout with the recent change, so, based on that, here are my numbers.
Evans
also quoted figures of 5 and 12 million, but took the figure of 18 million from a 1993 NSW Parliament speech by then state Labor MP Bob Martin where he stated «Wildlife experts state that between 5.6 million and 18.4 million of these animals are roaming Australia».
We'll now make sure that we continue to
quote the figure net of off - balance sheet liabilities, contractual obligations and cash burn and explain that the figure we quote is as at a balance sheet date.
The well - respected Maddie's
Fund quotes a figure of «around 3 million healthy or treatable dogs and cats put to death in shelters every year» (ref 2).
I an regularly «gobsmacked» at the poor quality of the surface data collection instrumentation and the microsite bias examples that seem to be coming in daily, yet researchers such a Parker treat the data as if it were faultless, and
quote figures such as «uncertainty of 0.06 °C» when the figure is below the noise level of the instrumentation.
In his article, The Wrong Stuff, Judge Kozinski sarcastically said: «Whenever I see a
block quote I figure the lawyer had to go to the bathroom and forgot to turn off the merge / store function on his computer.»
Forbes quotes figures raised by career coach Julie Jansen who stated that: 85 % of hiring managers use social networking sites like LinkedIn to look for potential candidates who've been referred by other professionals.
The oft -
quoted figure for how much it costs oil producers to comply with Alberta's current regime is $ 1.8 per tonne.
Figures reflect a restatement of the original share class to include both the Rule 12b - 1 fees and maximum initial sales charges (
when quoting figures with sales charges) applicable to each share class as though in effect from the fund's inception.
Wijnaldum's 5.5 pc was disappointing for a CM, but more than any West Brom player, although he was substituted with near 15 minutes left in the game, so bear that in mind
if quoting his figures.
Note that these are median numbers — so half the people in the stands paid more than
the quoted figure, and half paid less.
If you want to know how
that quote figures in with biblical Christianity, read the whole sermon you quote from.
If that is the case then why did you say there was a need for a citation when
I quoted a figure recently otherwise my point wouldn't be taken seriously?