Как правильно "it was/were more than half a million books there"?

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чтовы узнали одревнихйорке? проверьтепамять.1.чтоделаетпитер? 2.прибылйоркезнаменитым? 3.ктобыливикинги? 4.чтосделалвикинг-йоркисчезнет? 5.какделалиархеологи находятдревниедома? 6.чтоещеони нашли?

1.a tabloid format newspaper was smaller and the broadsheet format newspaper was bigger.

2. nowadays tabloids are easy reading and broadsheets are  quality newspapers. 

3. tabloids report news in a very condensed form. they write about celebrities, the british royal family, sport, crime stories and scandals.

4. broadsheets give their readers long, detailed reports on the latest news and focus on more serious things: politics, economy, government, international events, business, culture.