The figures are regarded as targets rather than as criteria.

This figure is regarded by at least one serious historian of the matter as "probably exaggerated."

In batch manufacturing industry a figure of 2: 1 is regarded as satisfactory.

But that figure, which has been cited in other research surveys, is generally regarded as an extremely broad calculation.

But those figures are regarded by many, including Russian soldiers, to be a gross underestimate.

The figures used in the financial forecasts must therefore be regarded as to some extent hypothetical.

These figures must be regarded, however, only as years of eligibility.

A deeply controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history.

Mikhalev believed that the official figure of 26.6 million war dead should not be regarded as definitive.

Only a generation ago such figures would have been regarded as fantastic.