corresponding figure

collocation in English

meaningsofcorrespondingandfigure

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corresponding
adjective
uk
/ˌkɒr.ɪˈspɒn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌkɔːr.əˈspɑːn.dɪŋ/
similar to, connected with, or caused by ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofcorrespondingandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thecorrespondingfigurefor dental hygienists was 16 percent.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor men visiting a family practitioner is 10%.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor a three-option question is 50 per cent, for a four-option question it is 37.5 per cent and so on.
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Extrapolating from these data, with the stated base for 1954 equal to 100, thecorrespondingfigurefor 1966 is 420.
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In our sample, 24 % were illiterate but acorrespondingfigureis not available from the other studies.
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The figures indicate that, in 1971, 26% of all births to teenagers occurred outside marriage: thecorrespondingfigurefor 1960 was 19%.
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More than a third of those who support nationalist parties see themselves as 'not nationalist', while thecorrespondingfigurefor the unionist group is only 13 per cent.
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In centralized systems, 15 per cent of the parties competing in national legislative elections are regional parties, whereas in decentralized systems, thecorrespondingfigureis 39 per cent.
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The estimatedcorrespondingfigurefor the year 1965–66 are £44,500 and £9,500 respectively.
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Thecorrespondingfigurea year earlier was 991.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor the last full year, 1980, was 93.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor 1981, which is provisional, is 600.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor the 60 to 64 age group was 31,600.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor industrial civil servants is not available centrally but is believed to be somewhat higher.
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There was a corresponding margin in the figures for 1939; in 1938 it was £339,000,000, and thecorrespondingfigurefor 1939 was £526,000,000.
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Exactly comparable figures for 1911 are not available, but thecorrespondingfigurefor that year may be taken to be 215.
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Thecorrespondingfigureof vacancies for women was 45·6, so there are still plenty of opportunities available for women workers.
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Thecorrespondingfigurefor the previous 24 days was 534 miles.
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