Example sentences of "of [adv] a few hundred " in BNC.
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1 | Blue whales are no longer hunted , but their numbers were depleted to such an extent in the past that present populations ( perhaps of only a few hundred individuals ) may be too small to recover . |
2 | But mistaken loan decisions or pricing policies swiftly come home to roost in an organisation with a balance sheet of only a few hundred million . |
3 | Today , the kestrel , if not endangered , is certainly one of the world 's rarest birds of prey , with a population of only a few hundred . |
4 | Its bases around the Bay were staffed by a total of only a few hundred men . |
5 | Although the finding of typical , oval , thin-shelled strongyle eggs on faecal examination may be a useful aid to diagnosis , it is important to remember that substantial worm burdens may be associated with faecal egg counts of only a few hundred epg , due either to low fecundity of adult worms or to the presence of many immature parasites . |