21.   Thousands of people were condemned to hard labour in the mines at Nerchinsk.

22.   Thousands of people are in fear of their lives following the shootings.

23.   Thousands of people were tortured on the rack.

24.   Police believe there are thousands of illegal guns in circulation.

25.   There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.

26.   There are thousands like him in Los Angeles, begging on the streets and sleeping rough.

27.   Thousands of bettors were at the race track last weekend.

28.   Thousands of soldiers were willing to go into battle to fight the enemy.

29.   There are thousands of industrial uses for plastic.

30.   In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists.