Collocations withfigure
These are words often used in combination withfigure.
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accompanying figure
It is even possible for market prices to decline over time while the real cost of production is rising (see accompanying figure, where a hypothetical case is shown).
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aggregate figure
This aggregate figure of course masks variations, as in cases where firewood is scarcer or more distant it obviously consumes a larger fraction of income.
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allegorical figure
Its garden faade has a sculpted pediment representing an allegorical figure of architecture.
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animated figure
The symbols on the charts may be clicked on to play recorded samples of each of the sounds, accompanied by an animated figure producing the sound.
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astronomical figure
All it can do is to increase the price per aircraft to an astronomical figure.
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authoritative figure
However, this should be verified by an authoritative figure in the field.
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biblical figure
By switching from classical to biblical figures he changed the tone and layers of inference of the works.
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carved figure
He produced his first carved figure in oak wood.
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central figure
The outsider is thus a central figure in large numbers of works of art.
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charismatic figure
In a sense, he is a charismatic figure.
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cloaked figure
Yucie faces the cloaked figure once more and demands that what was lost be returned.
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controversial figure
I suppose it was inevitable that a man in his position should be a controversial figure.
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corresponding figure
The corresponding figure for dental hygienists was 16 percent.
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dominant figure
He invented it and is a dominant figure.
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exact figure
Exact figure not available-calculated using average of group.
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female figure
Otherwise, the female figure was used by male artists in an almost de-personalised manner that invariably emphasised abstract characteristics.
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formidable figure
This is a formidable figure, as he intimated, in one constituency.
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geometric figure
All this he consolidates into a geometric figure, the stance "triangle," a visual heuristic for stance's purportedly multifaceted nature.
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geometrical figure
In word and image, they describe a geometrical figure.
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ghostly figure
The ghostly figure of a woman is reported to haunt the house.
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heroic figure
Most listeners would have assumed that a field general is a heroic figure, and certainly his musical characterization marks him as such.
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historic figure
Not only did he manage to avoid any reduction in quota, but he obtained an addition to the historic figure.
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historical figure
A necessary stage in the assessment of any historical figure is the identification of the legendary aspects that make up that figure's reputation.
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iconic figure
Much of his look and persona, he says, are about treading that line between mocking yourself and wanting to be an iconic figure.
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imposing figure
At six feet two inches tall and weighing around two hundred pounds, he cut an imposing figure.
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inflated figure
Instead of 3,000 processions, we shall be presented with a grossly inflated figure that does not reflect what is happening on the ground.
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influential figure
Quickly restored to all but the title of deliberative prince, he was weakened but remained an influential figure.
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key figure
With the departure of this key figure, local leaders lost interest in continuing formally organised community-police collaboration.
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kneeling figure
It depicts a kneeling figure.
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leading figure
Then in 1956 he became a leading figure on a small-town revolutionar y committee.
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legendary figure
Here comes a chance to approach this legendary figure in person!
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life-size figure
With this are associated a headless life-size figure who is not the owner of the clutching hand, and one or more heads.
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literary figure
If the author is a well-known literary figure, you should seek permission as a matter of course.
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lone figure
He peered into a couple of rooms and then finally saw a lone figure with his back to the door, hunched over a table.
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male figure
The head of the male figure is not unskillful in its effect, and the face of the nymph reveals practice.
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marginal figure
Initially the king refused to give him up, but he quickly became a marginal figure in government.
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masked figure
He goes down to the kitchen and opens a cabinet, only to find the masked figure stuffed inside it.
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miniature figure
Unlike many other miniature figure wargames, all of the miniatures are supplied pre-assembled, and pre-painted.
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mitotic figure
The key parameters quantified in such studies have been villus height, crypt depth and mucosal cellular division as reflected by mitotic figures.
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mysterious figure
What do we know of that mysterious figure of influence?
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mythical figure
But the claims of the client, that mythical figure, need to be stressed.
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mythological figure
It is used in many fields as a representation of things historically associated with the mythological figure.
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notable figure
That is a notable figure, but we want to go much further than that.
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official figure
It may be an official figure but it is certainly not a truthful figure.
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opposition figure
Human rights are trampled on, with unexplained disappearances of opposition figures.
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painted figure
At the base a painted figure of a zodiacal man showed the relationship between the signs of the zodiac and parts of the human body.
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parental figure
Their surviving parent or parental figure attends a simultaneous support group.
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political figure
Short-term effects, such as scandals, economic performance, or the popularity of a particular political figure may also lead to distortions that hinder effective cancellation.
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precise figure
It is, however, impossible to put any precise figure on this gap and on the efficiency gains.
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preliminary figure
I would have 50.000 as my preliminary figure while retaining those boroughs of 25,000 population which have already separate commissions and recorders.
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prominent figure
In particular, the volume shows the great value of focusing on the career of one prominent figure and locating it within a series of overlapping contexts.
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respected figure
He is still a widely respected figure among older physicists.
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revised figure
First, what is his revised figure for relevant expenditure?
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rhetorical figure
I do not object to the use of the rhetorical figure ascribing ignorance.
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rhythmic figure
This section recalls the familiar rhythmic figure, the tresillo, in the lower voices.
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sales figure
As a result, for instance, the number of manufactured products, amount of disposals, and total sales figure in that turn are calculated.
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sculpted figure
There are niches in both the roof comb and the frieze, the niche in the roof comb contains the remains of a sculpted figure.
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seated figure
He faces a seated figure, possibly bearded, wearing the twin heron-feather headdress and from behind whom a feathered serpent rises.
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shadowy figure
She becomes a shadowy figure who, however, manages to dominate the town authorities.
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sinister figure
We had the very sinister figure given to us that no fewer than 4,300 prisoners are sleeping three in a cell.
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slim figure
She has short green hair and a tall, slim figure.
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solitary figure
It is quite impossible to exaggerate the importance that that solitary figure has had in the growth of, and interest in, music in this country.
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staggering figure
Even if we allow for an element of exaggeration, that is a staggering figure.
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startling figure
It still, however, leaves about £100,000,000—a startling figure.
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striking figure
The striking figure, from which we can draw our own conclusions, is that of 360 cases decided only 28 have been appealed.
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stylized figure
These four style techniques are monochromes, animal outlines in thick red lines, thinly outlined figures, and white stylized figures.
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tall figure
That is a tall figure, and yet none of the nuclear stations is operating at a cost which is competitive with electricity generated from a new coal-burning station.
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tragic figure
Suddenly he seems a tragic figure, forced to make unwelcome choices.
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well-known figure
The personal assistant is a well-known figure in politics.
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wooden figure
He is depicted as a wooden figure with a nail in the head and with a hammer, or occasionally on shaman drums, two hammers.
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