Example sentences of "[noun] population of [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |
| 2 | It brought us to a stage of development when , with a student population of almost 5000 , the university has established itself as a viable , innovative , vibrant and mature institution . |
| 3 | Recent records indicate a breeding population of about 50 to 60 pairs , but almost certainly under-estimate the true position . |
| 4 | The finding is that roughly 25 per cent of Italy 's total dog population of around 3.5 million is made up of animals which , if they are not all precisely strays , are at least ‘ free-ranging ’ and not under immediate human supervision . |
| 5 | According to him , there were some 800 men living on the island at that time which would suggest a total island population of around three thousand , approximately half living in Funchal . |
| 6 | Gloucestershire has an ethnic minority population of around 9,000 … including 3,600 Afro Caribbeans , 3,300 Asians and nearly 700 Chinese . |
| 7 | The prison population now stands at around 40,000 , which was that of England and Wales prior to the 1980s increase , against a total state population of rather more than half that of England and Wales . |
| 8 | In 1986 , 1942 million tonnes of food grains were produced to feed a world population of nearly 5 billion . |
| 9 | ( b ) A school population of widely varying abilities and with very mixed ethnic and cultural backgrounds . |
| 10 | The total school population of approximately 80,600 includes 34,400 pupils of secondary age . |