In the past, numbers in the financial records of a company were written in red ink to show a loss.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

In the United States, cases of suspected influenza are at higher numbers than usual this early in the flu season.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

If your combination of numbers is chosen, you win a huge amount of money often in the millions.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

For the first time in many months, large numbers of Americans have been buying new cars.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

This area has one of the largest numbers of archeological sites in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.03.30

The Census Bureau chose thirteen million households in areas with large numbers of Spanish speakers.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

"There's about thirty percent of U.S.children are involved in bullying, and the latest numbers we have is about thirteen percent of them are bullies, eleven percent as victims and then six percent as both bullies and victims."

VOA: special.2010.05.06

But,we also have a situation where large numbers of children are arrested and detained in the counter-terrorism activity,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Increasing the numbers of qualified graduates in bioscience majors, Hanle adds, would also help the economy grow.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

And certainly the numbers are of concern." But Mullen emphasized the administration has a new strategy in place in Afghanistan,and is moving forward.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Ruffin says one goal of this project has already been accomplished in that the condemned men are no longer just names and numbers.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Despite the military's superiority in numbers, former security chief of the tribal regions,Mahmood Shah, tells VOA it will not be an easy battle.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Spain's government says the numbers of would-be immigrants from Africa fell almost half, from 13,000 in 2008 to just more than 7,000 last year.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

The numbers of illegal immigrants arriving in France has also dropped, with Immigration Minister Eric Besson attributing the slowdown to the economic crisis and tougher immigration policies.

VOA: standard.2010.01.20