Example sentences of "number of [noun] [adv] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the islands were first settled , the population began to increase rapidly and the number of inhabitants soon exceeded the resources , prompting emigration to other Portuguese lands . |
| 2 | At least 300 Muslims were butchered in this way ; an equal number of Christians probably met the same fate . |
| 3 | A number of churches here survived the Turkish occupation , but were lost in the nineteenth century when the capital of the newly independent Greece was re-organised and planned on broad lines . |
| 4 | But the number of applicants far outweighed the spaces available . |
| 5 | The US administration claimed that the recent dramatic increase in the numbers of refugees far exceeded the total of 12,500 who could be accommodated at Guantánamo . |