Example sentences of "estimate that [adj] [num] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A report by the British Tourist Authority estimated that twelve million overseas visitors came to the United Kingdom in 1982 , spending in the region of two thousand million pounds . |
| 2 | Some reports estimated that some 7,000 Kuwaiti civilians had been killed by Iraqi forces by the end of the year . |
| 3 | In 1911 Bowley estimated that 2.5 m. adult men earned less than 25s. per week while working full-time . |
| 4 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 5 | The industry itself has estimated that 1.75 million cubic metres of low- and intermediate-level wastes will have been produced in this country by the year 2030 . |
| 6 | It 's estimated that some fifty thousand workers took part in the strike , which paralysed the country and threw the new government of Senora Chamorro into crisis . |
| 7 | It is estimated that another 40 heavy lorries will be on the roads every week to replace the 24 wagon train which runs to St Helens and Edinburgh carrying 520 tonnes of cider and four loads of electrical light fittings . |
| 8 | In 1893 it was estimated that 60 000 organic compounds were known . |
| 9 | This is taken very seriously in the USA , where the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 10 000–20 000 deaths from lung cancer each year are due to radon gas exposure . |
| 10 | Banks estimates that some 3 million pamphlets and leaflets were circulated between 1879 and 1921 urging family limitation , while over 1 million between 1876 and 1891 gave details of contraception . |