Example sentences of "[det] than [adj] [prep] [art] population " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1951 more than two-thirds of the population lived in the river corridor ( this includes the middle-class Victorian and inter-war suburbs of Jesmond , Tynemouth and Cullercoats ) , whereas by 1981 this proportion had fallen to just over half of a smaller total . |
| 2 | Since women constitute rather more than half of the population of Britain , discussions of their social position will be found in all of the other chapters of this book . |
| 3 | Into the latter category , embracing all those groups whose annual expenditure exceeded their earnings , he put more than half of the population . |
| 4 | It contained many people of German origin , and although the Germans there represented less than one-third of the population , nevertheless Hitler began demanding the right to their ‘ freedom ’ from foreign rule . |
| 5 | Religion : Islam ( native Qataris — less than one-third of the population — principally adhere to the orthodox Wahhabi sect of Sunni Moslems ) . |
| 6 | Religion : Islam ( native Qataris — less than one-third of the population — principally adhere to the orthodox Wahhabi sect of Sunni Moslems ) . |
| 7 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |