Example sentences of "[adv] [num] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 500 people assembled before the Chancellery on 29 August to hear Hitler 's speech , most standing ‘ grim and silent ’ . |
| 2 | Only 34,000 people live in the area which could be affected by noise , compared with 143,000 who would be affected if a second runway was built at Manchester . |
| 3 | Only 34,000 people live in the area which could be affected by noise compared with the 143,000 who would be affected if a second runway was built at Manchester . |
| 4 | Only 1,200 people voted in the elections , but the process was traditionally regarded as important since election to Chambers of Commerce and professional associations represented the sole form of democratic practice in the occupied territories [ see p. 38788 for Gaza elections in January and February ] . |
| 5 | Croatian President Franjo Tudjman made his name in the 1960s as a maverick historian who charged that only 30,000 people perished at the hands of the Ustashe fascists . |
| 6 | Only five people lived on the island , so I could work alone , and nobody would discover my awful secret . |
| 7 | Despite the ‘ fine cast of characters … assembled for a morality play , even a tragedy , that once promised to rival the Watergate scandal ’ , only twelve people sat in the public seats . |
| 8 | Smoke from a row of barbecues mixes with the dust of perhaps 15,000 people shuffling along the wooden stalls to shop for meat , antibiotics , the latest fashions , even , it is said , used cars . |
| 9 | About only 400 people lived within the corporation 's boundaries , and only about 1,500 worked in the area . |
| 10 | Only seven people lived through the crash — and all were seriously injured . |
| 11 | The success of the wine evening on the Friday of the October play , was a pleasant surprise to us all with approximately forty people staying after the performance for a glass of wine , a look round the set and backstage . |
| 12 | It expanded from 47,000 people in 1841 to 102,000 in 1901 and in 1860 nearly 150,000 people came to the town by excursion train in two successive days . |
| 13 | About 7,000 people work on the project there and at Filton , Bristol . |
| 14 | About 7,000 people work on the project there and at Filton , Bristol . |
| 15 | Not a drop of rain fell on Bank Holiday Monday and about 2,200 people travelled on the ACE . |
| 16 | About 3,500 cases of malignant melanoma ( cancerous moles ) are diagnosed in Britain every year — and about 800 people die of the disease . |
| 17 | There were reports of about 100 people killed during the fighting for Dire Dawa , where the local population had resisted the entry of EPRDF forces . |
| 18 | All told , about 2,000 people benefited from the relief programme . |
| 19 | About 380,000 people trapped in the besieged city rely entirely on UNHCR aid . |
| 20 | Every year in Britain about 5,000 people die on the roads . |
| 21 | About 4,000 people marched along the twisting country road to the site , led by a traditional pipe band in full regalia . |
| 22 | About 38,000 people live in the area covered by Middlesbrough 's second City Challenge bid St. Hilda 's , Ayresome , Grove Hill , Easterside , Newport and Gresham . |
| 23 | About 1,000 people huddled against the harsh Scottish weather as the coffin of Arthur Thompson , sen , passed on its way to Riddrie Cemetery . |
| 24 | Around 100 people congregated around the murder inquiry headquarters at Marsh Lane in the early hours of this morning shouting and confronting police on duty outside . |
| 25 | How much longer such presentation remains credible in the light of trends in cities such as New York , where there are at least 90,000 people sleeping on the streets and an annual budget deficit of around $500 million is itself a significant issue . |
| 26 | Following violence between ANC and Azanian People 's Organization ( AZAPO ) militants in the township of Bekkersdal , west of Johannesburg , where at least 11 people died in the first week of February , there was a joint peace appeal by the four main black political organisations . |
| 27 | Later , around 3,000 people marched on the parliament building , where there were minor scuffles with police . |
| 28 | At least 159 people died in the worst ferry disaster in Scandinavian history when the 10,500-ton Danish-operated Scandinavian Star caught fire in the North Sea on the night of April 7 . |
| 29 | Almost 120,000 people went through the turnstiles at Cheltenham this week ; that 's 7% down on last year . |
| 30 | The chamber of trade responded that over 70 people objected to the Ivy Street scheme in a petition . |