Example sentences of "[vb past] tens of [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conventional view , that such biological evolution ceased tens of thousands of years ago and human change has consisted entirely of cultural evolution since then , may be incorrect . |
| 2 | In one of his strongest speeches , he told tens of thousands of people in St Peter 's Square the Bosnian people were ‘ hostages of programmed and inhuman violence ’ . |
| 3 | The 1914–18 war raised the question of state power point blank … from the moment the imperialist state threw tens of millions of people onto the stage of history and instantly revealed its colossal significance as an economic factor , the analysis of state power became a matter for theoretical and practical discussion . |
| 4 | She ordered tens of thousands of dollars worth of unneeded official china , while accepting ‘ freebie ’ designer clothes . |
| 5 | He even off-loaded tens of thousands of pounds worth of stock on to a client committed to a mental asylum ( for which he was sacked ) . |
| 6 | Comité de forces vives , brought tens of thousands of people on to the streets of the capital , Antananarivo , each day from June 10 to the end of the month to demonstrate for far-reaching political reforms . |
| 7 | A main post office has been closed after burglars stole tens of thousands of pounds . |