1.   The figure exceeded most private forecasts.

2.   Such figures generally exceed what advocates of a negative income tax have in mind.

3.   This figure exceeds the annual growth in the labour force during the boom by a factor of more than four.

4.   Analysts said the first quarter figures exceeded expectations but the company had not given new strategic guidance.

5.   A spokesman for the company said that figure exceeds anything Peugeot would have ever considered.

6.   Even considering the extraordinary influences, the third quarter figures exceeded some analysts forecasts.

7.   If that figure exceeded benefits already collected from other sources, including life insurance policies and relief funds, the government would pay the difference.

8.   In many inner cities, the figure exceeded four out of five.

9.   Japanese bonds fell after September industrial production figures exceeded expectations, confirming the economy is gradually recovering, analysts said.

10.   The figures exceeded most expectations.