( ( ( As ( many ( ( as one ) million ) ) ) people ) ( died . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (QP (RB As) (JJ many) (IN as) (CD one) (CD million)) (NNS people)) (VP (VBD died)) (. .)))
As many as one million people died.
(ROOT (S (NP (QP (RB Nearly) (CD five) (CD million)) (NNS people)) (VP (VBP die) (NP (JJ yearly) (ADJP (JJ due) (PP (TO to) (NP (NN air)))) (NN pollution))) (. .)))