Example sentences of "at [adv] [adj] people " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death toll was initially reported at around 250 , but later officially estimated at around 70 people , many of them poor Surinamese immigrants believed to be living illegally in the Netherlands ; a senior Netherlands police official was quoted on Oct. 13 as saying , however , that " we will never know exactly how many people were killed , and we will never know exactly who they were " . |
| 2 | They now put this figure at around 400 people . ’ |
| 3 | At least 52 people were killed and 190 wounded on Jan. 31 . |
| 4 | The Peruvian headquarters of IBM Corp were severely damaged and at least 17 people were injured after urban guerrillas of the Maoist Shining Path terrorist organisation detonated a powerful car bomb in front of the computer company 's offices in southeast Lima . |
| 5 | At least 17 people were killed and 15 injured when a home-made bomb exploded on a bus 20 km from the Azerbaijani city of Gendzhe ( formerly Kirovabad ) on Aug. 10 . |
| 6 | Prime Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh was seized by rebel soldiers on Dec. 3 after an attack on his residence in which at least 17 people were killed . |
| 7 | On Dec. 30 a large car bomb exploded in the busy Basta quarter of west Beirut , killing at least 17 people and wounding over 100 others , mostly women and children . |
| 8 | Last year Ecstacy claimed the lives of at least fourteen people , some of them at rave parties . |
| 9 | At least 32 people died in Australia 's worst bus accident when two coaches collided head-on on the Pacific Highway on the New South Wales coast early today , police said . |
| 10 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 11 | At least four people have been charged with offences in relation to the events of July and August . |
| 12 | The tropical storm smashed through the Bahamas , killing at least four people , and headed for Miami and other resorts in southern Florida . |
| 13 | The position of Captain 's companion had been offered to at least four people before Henslow suggested Darwin as a possibility . |
| 14 | Under the traffic restrictions , only taxis , buses , foreign cars and those carrying at least four people were permitted to travel in the central part of the city . |
| 15 | On two occasions during this period he told at least four people that money had been found by her body . |
| 16 | At least four people have been arrested already . |
| 17 | AT least 62 people were killed and 3,000 missing last night after an underwater earthquake sent 50ft tidal waves crashing into the coast of Nicaragua . |
| 18 | ‘ At least 130 people have either rang or written to me in the last few weeks . |
| 19 | Unconfirmed reports said at least six people were killed and 15 wounded . |
| 20 | The rest of the queue followed close behind him so that there were at least six people on the ladder at the same time . |
| 21 | If only you had read it first — as at least six people did without realising . |
| 22 | This seemed to have prompted a rush of at least six people to seek Dr Kevorkian 's assistance in January and February . |
| 23 | On March 8 , 1990 , at least six people were reported wounded and 20 others arrested in continued disturbances in Rosario [ for looting in February see p. 37244 ] , 300 km north-west of Buenos Aires , as police clashed with slum dwellers who had blocked a highway in an attempt to loot vehicles . |
| 24 | Police reported that at least six people died in a gun battle involving ANC and Inkatha supporters and police at Tembisa township on May 9 . |
| 25 | Between July 17 and July 19 at least six people were killed in Algiers in clashes between FIS supporters protesting against the verdict and the security forces . |
| 26 | At least six people at the showroom saw the man , who 's described as white , in his late twenties , around 5 feet 6 , slim with a neat beard and dark brown hair . |
| 27 | Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people . |
| 28 | Abdi Aden Ibrahim , a Somali driver , said rioters near the US embassy told him that troops there had gunned down at least six people . |
| 29 | At least 1,500 people died as a result . |
| 30 | On March 27 , in Alexandra township outside Johannesburg , at least 14 people were killed when men armed with automatic weapons opened fire on mourners at a night-time vigil . |