Example sentences of "[be] [adj] million [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of people with neurological conditions is grossly underestimated by the health service , according to the neurological charities who estimate there are 1.5 million people whose needs are left unmet . |
| 2 | There are eight million stories in the big city … and MOONSHAKE know all the grisliest . |
| 3 | After all , there are eleven million people in the Naked City and only some of them are honest . |
| 4 | In Europe there are 2 million abortions a year . |
| 5 | India 's 870 million population is 82 percent Hindu but there are 100 million Moslems and other minorities under the rule of the Congress party . |
| 6 | I dare say that there are 7 million Russians waiting to move west . |
| 7 | Since there are six million Xhosas - one million more than the entire white population of South Africa — they are potentially a serious force for Mr de Klerk to reckon with . |
| 8 | It is estimated that there are six million people in the UK who are able to use existing designs of bus only with great difficulty or not at all . |
| 9 | There are 215 million people ( mostly in Africa ) chronically affected , and an estimated 150 million new cases occur every year . |
| 10 | Does she consider that some new initiative is needed to stem police brutality in countries such as Brazil — where there are 10 million street children — Guatemala , Mexico and other countries ? |
| 11 | Its problem is not the size of its card-holder base — there are 10 million Switch cards in circulation already . |
| 12 | If there are 26 million people at work in Britain , an increase in demand of not less than 10% would be needed to mop-up 4 million unemployed . |
| 13 | we 're 6 million quid in debt . |
| 14 | There are 2.8 million people in the country who ride . |
| 15 | The total Wales cattle population is 1.43 million and there are 8.42 million sheep and lambs . |
| 16 | Moreover , it was also draining the working class : in 1917 there had been three million workers employed in Russian industry , by the winter of 1920–1 the number had declined to 1,480,000 . |
| 17 | There are three million companies in Britain of Which only a thousand employ more than a thousand employees . |
| 18 | There are three million refugees from Afghanistan in Pakistan . |
| 19 | Well , there are three million people in the U K who suffer from asthma , and about forty percent of that number , er I , I ca n't do the fi , ca n't the figures either , er are allergic to dust mites . |
| 20 | ‘ There are 11 million people in Beijing , ’ said Chris . |
| 21 | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has estimated that there are 17 million refugees and asylum seekers in the world . |
| 22 | ( Under Lome III the comparable figures for these four headings had been 5,460 million ECU ( for grants and special loans ) , 925 million ECU , 415 million ECU and 600 million ECU ) . |
| 23 | ‘ There are 1,500 million people on the planet without enough of the right kind of food to eat , or safe water to drink , or basic medical care . |
| 24 | The equivalent figures for May 1987 are 4.9 million claimants , and 8.2 million people dependent on supplementary benefit ( Hansard , 25 November 1987 , col. 245 ) . |
| 25 | In 1963 there had been 10.5 million vehicles , so what was involved was a doubling within 10 years and nearly a trebling within 20 years . |
| 26 | There are 25 million PC users in the States . |
| 27 | According to a Scottish professor speaking on Gaelic humour there are 50 million people of Scottish descent living in other parts of the world , plus another 15 million in England . |
| 28 | It 's thought there are ten million cases each year . |
| 29 | However , without the budget changes the deficit would reportedly have been 20,000,000 million zloty greater . |
| 30 | However , the numbers of the very elderly will increase substantially : there are likely to be 1.2 million people aged 85 and over in 2006 ( Population Projections 1985–2025 , 1987 , Appendix II ) , an increase of 75 per cent over the 1986 figure . |