1.   A daunting figure came looming out of the night.

2.   A tall figure came into view, then just as quickly vanished.

3.   As he spoke, a figure came from one of the stables leading a horse.

4.   The higher figures came for such easy-to-call labels as bulimia and alcohol and drug dependence.

5.   The figure came up the path and into the sparse firelight, stopped, chittered, then darted on, arms waving as it ran.

6.   As the angry voices rose higher and higher other black-gowned figures came in.

7.   A dark, cowled figure came in and went up to stand in the Lady Chapel.

8.   Half a dozen figures came slowly into view, dressed in army camouflage and carrying automatic weapons.

9.   The encouraging figures come at a time when the number of young people in the county has dropped while the older population has increased.