Example sentences of "than [num] people [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 8 a crowd of more than 7,000 people converged on the presidential palace to demand the dismissal of the government . |
| 2 | The very few times an accurate cross goes in its nothing to do with planning … just the law of averages and that s helped by the fact they normally have more than 2 people heading into the box . |
| 3 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 4 | More than 30 people arrested at the end of November 1991 are reported to have ‘ disappeared ’ , raising fears that they to have also been killed . |
| 5 | Pentecostal minister the Rev Colin Hill and a dozen members of his nearby Kemble Street Elim Church congregation asked more than 100 people going to the show to turn back . |
| 6 | The Hungarian Foreign Minister , Mr Gyula Horn , he had ‘ reliable and authenticated ’ information that more than 1,000 and possibly more than 2,000 people died in the attack . |
| 7 | Middlesbrough 's waiting list currently stands at 6,500 , while more than 1,500 people applied to the council as homeless in 1991–2 . |
| 8 | In Kwangju itself , more than 100,000 people took to the streets where they fought running battles with riot police late into the night . |
| 9 | During a day of extraordinary jubilation , more than 100,000 people poured through the increasingly open border to the West . |
| 10 | More than 125 people lived in the two blocks of flats , the Press Trust of India reported . |
| 11 | Tour operator Thomson said bookings are up five per cent on last year , with more than 80,000 people travelling in the last week of the year . |
| 12 | Is the Minister aware that there were more than 17,000 people employed in the Scottish coal industry in 1984 , but by 1989 that figure had fallen to 3,480 and it will be even smaller now ? |
| 13 | More than 1,000 people work at the £840 million plant , in Burnaston , near Derby . |
| 14 | More than 1,000 people work at the £840 million plant , in Burnaston . |