startling figure

collocation in English

meaningsofstartlingandfigure

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startling
adjective
uk
/ˈstɑː.təlɪŋ/us
/ˈstɑːr.t̬əlɪŋ/
surprising and ...
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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 ofstartlingandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It still, however, leaves about £100,000,000—astartlingfigure.
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Thestartlingfigurewas that in 1968 it was £70 million and in 1964 it had been £357 million.
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This is a massive, dangerous andstartlingfigure.
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Of those between 20 and 26 the number who entered the industry totalled 23,720 and—a much morestartlingfigure—20,000 left it.
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For instance, they show that injuries to workers cost us about 20 million man days per year, which is a verystartlingfigure.
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The moststartlingfigurewas the £15 million used to pay agents who undertook 40 per cent, of the case load.
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Does he agree that that is not astartlingfigure?
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The average of non-fatal accidents in the mines was astartlingfigurecompared with that of any other industry.
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That is a very bad andstartlingfigure.
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It was a verystartlingfigureto all of us, including myself.
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That is not astartlingfigure—£400,000 out of £41 million.
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All of us can see that, even on the difference of £250, the accumulated cost over 60 years will come to astartlingfigure.
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It is astartlingfigure.
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That really is astartlingfigure.
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That is astartlingfigure.
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The latest analysis produced astartlingfigure.
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This is a verystartlingfigure.
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This is astartlingfigure, and it is doubtful if deliveries of coal can be maintained throughout the winter without using the more costly method of road transport.
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Surely that is a verystartlingfigure, and this is the only country of which you can say that the area of the land under cultivation has gone down.
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That struck me as astartlingfigure.
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