Example sentences of "[pron] be estimated [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it 's estimated that in about 90% of house burglaries , the thief entered with very little effort . |
| 2 | Today the situation is n't much better : it is estimated 250,000 elderly people are suffering serious abuse . |
| 3 | Some 7% of all tourist accommodation in Germany is provided by farmers , and it is estimated that income from tourism accruing to farmers in the UK is equivalent to 2% of the agricultural domestic product . |
| 4 | It is estimated that business travel ( both national and international ) accounted for 750 million trips worldwide in 1989 and was probably worth about $320 billion . |
| 5 | In my local authority it is estimated that only 9 per cent . |
| 6 | The latest victim of the IRA 's border sniping , lance corporal Lawrence Dickson , was hit from a distance of just 200 metres , while it is estimated private Paul Turner , killed in Crossmaglen last August , was hit from just 125 metres . |
| 7 | On the question of cost it is estimated 4 that the cost of providing an efficient workspace is around £12P/m.sq. per annum whereas the same workspace has to generate revenue in the region of £2000 to £4000 per annum . |
| 8 | The Black Sea only recycles its water once in every 140 years and it is estimated Turkish beaches will remain contaminated by waste for more than a century . |
| 9 | In 1984 it was estimated that three-fifths of part-time workers — some 2.75 million employees , mostly women — were earning below the National Insurance threshold ( Employment Gazette , 1984 ) and , given the rise in female part-time employment , the figure would be much higher today . |
| 10 | In the 1780s it was estimated that of the troops raised in Great Britain on the Irish establishment one-sixth deserted every year . |
| 11 | It was estimated that trade with the Soviet Union increased by almost 50 per cent in 1990 to $889 million . |