Example sentences of "[num] [adj] [n mass] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With 30 different works spread between the two discs , this set makes a first-rate introduction to early Spanish music ; sacred and secular works rub shoulders , showing the definite cross-influences of courtly song on religious music , a fine example of which is provided by Francisco de Penalosa 's dramatic Magnificat setting ( Disc 1 , track 3 ) . |
| 2 | More than 300 million people suffer from the parasitic infection filariasis , Cholera , yellow fever , sleeping sickness leishmaniasis and leprosy affect tens of millions of people in tropical regions . |
| 3 | In fact the chances for viewing exciting wildlife are getting rarer every day , as hundreds more people take to the hills , bringing dogs and children and wearing colours that can be seen as far away as Belgium . |
| 4 | About 350 million people live in the Yangtze valley , and its thousands of kilometres of waterways are essential to commerce , industry , and fishing . |
| 5 | Population though , sixty one percent live in the North , thirty eight percent live in the south . |
| 6 | Taken across the industry , the Treasury has confirmed that 600,000 elderly people benefit from the relief which costs the Treasury some £50 million in ‘ lost ’ revenue . |
| 7 | Two-thirds of adults use pubs , and one million people work in the drinks industry or licensed trade . |
| 8 | In normal times , nearly 9 million people live in the four provinces of northern Ethiopia : Gondar : Wollo : Tigre and Eritrea . |
| 9 | According to the report , pollution is so bad that even 100 kilometres away in the national capital of Prague , up to 99.3 per cent of the 1.2 million people live in a highly degraded environment as a direct result . |
| 10 | The report points out that 70 million people live in the banana-shaped industrial complex which stretches from Britain to Italy . |
| 11 | Surely the world can not stand idly by and watch this country of eight million people go through the agony of war yet again ? |
| 12 | Population though , sixty one percent live in the North , thirty eight percent live in the south . |
| 13 | An estimated 2.5 million people come into the city every day , mostly by train . |