Example sentences of "over [adj] million [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its first series was seen by over 18 million people . |
| 2 | Over one million people in the UK have chronic bronchitis , emphysema , sarcoidosis and other long-term lung diseases . |
| 3 | In December 1985 the long-awaited Fowler review of the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme ( SERPS ) produced only a reduction in the pension benefits rather than an abolition of the scheme ( it is worth noting , however , that the encouragement to leave SERPS for private schemes has had some success ; by mid-1989 over one million people had left ) . |
| 4 | By 2001 there will be over one million people aged 85 and over , representing 13% of all elderly people . |
| 5 | But with over one million people currently on waiting lists around the country , + you may find that the NHS just ca n't treat you as soon as you 'd like . |
| 6 | As their retirement counselling manager explained , Legal and General has over one million people either paying towards or drawing out pensions , so it makes sense for them to offer pre-retirement courses which are paid for either by the individuals themselves or their employers . |
| 7 | Moreover , recent surveys have suggested that not so many members of these societies are ‘ literate ’ by the standards expected than had previously been assumed : in the UK it is now held that over one million people have an acquaintance with literacy that is insufficient for the demands made on them by this kind of society ( DES , 1980 ) . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because the population of Denmark is a little over five million people and it has a coastline of nearly five thousand miles , so even in the tourist season our beaches do n't get packed ! ’ |
| 9 | Portuguese is spoken by over 150 million people in Europe , Brazil and Africa ; it is also an official EC language . |