He left only a few thousand men to defend Richmond.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The big cats once roamed throughout Asia, into Siberia, but conservationists say only a few thousand tigers remain in the wild;

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Though activists predicted that hundreds of thousands would march Wednesday against corruption in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, only a few thousand turned up.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10