take a census

Next year, they will take a census to find out.

In 1800, the British took a census of the region.

We're too scattered to even think about taking a census for a year or more.

After the court closed he took a census of the peninsula.

In 1962 the government took a census and left out thousands of Kurds.

It is so hard to take a census of things that aren't.

The initial step, say lawyers, is therefore to take a census.

This alteration probably also gave him the authority to take a census.

"I once took a census of about 40 customers in here, and not one had been picked up by a cop for anything."

But there has been almost no progress toward setting up an election commission, let alone taking a census.

I glanced around me, took a census of eyes.

I have to take a census every time I pass her through the pack.

The UK has taken a census of its population every ten years since 1841.

By counting complaints, I could take a census of how many people relied on this network.

Who bothers to take a census of the cells in a hangnail?

Very well: he would take a census of Dante's Paradise.

"You know, you may have to go and take a census of everybody, but I had no illusions," he said.

He took a census of coaches in Mexico City.

A12 Nigeria takes a census, and the skeptic count is high.

I'm taking a census of all the islands in the Florida Keys."

The Governor met with school superintendents and asked them to take a census of the number of families without homes.

Moses was also to take a census of the Merarites between 30 and 50 years old.

Whoever invented this theory obviously hadn't taken a census in Vietnam lately.

One is to take a census of the number and type of plastic containers returned at the curbside.

Richter's primary task was to take a census of the Jews in Romania.