Example sentences of "[be] estimate [conj] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appearance money or guarantees previously were illegal — though not unknown — and under the new system it has been estimated that some top players ( Lendl and Boris Becker make around £1.5 million a year ) could increase their annual earnings by 40 per cent . |
| 2 | It has been estimated that some 85 per cent of these are of Augustan date . |
| 3 | It is estimated that some 9m now work the equivalent of a full year in agriculture — of which 65% are men and 35% women — although nearly 18m still have an attachment to the land . |
| 4 | In Ireland , for example , it is estimated that some 25% of all forestry workers also farm ; elsewhere , such as in the west of Scotland and in the Islands , fishing is very often a complementary occupation for many small farmers while in southern Italy whole communities live by fishing alone . |
| 5 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 6 | In this brutal war , it is estimated that some 60,000 civilians were killed up to 1989 , before the 1989 to 1990 round of fighting which is thought to have claimed over a thousand lives . |
| 7 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 8 | In Sweden in 1988 it was estimated that some 15,000 lakes were acidified , just over 1,800 of which were ‘ seriously ’ acidified ; 100,000 km of rivers and streams were also affected . |
| 9 | In 1979 , it was estimated that some 24.8% of all qualified doctors were living abroad . |
| 10 | All in all , in 1975 it was estimated that some 145,000 persons lived in a mobile home of some type . |
| 11 | In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 . |
| 12 | It was estimated that some units ( railway troops , civil defence and military construction units ) would be without recruits , partly because of deferred service and sickness , but also because of the creation of independent armed forces in the former Soviet republics . |
| 13 | Of these 133 new Majlis members , it was estimated that some 55 were supporters of Rafsanjani and that many of the remainder were reported to be independent candidates likely to align themselves with the President 's faction . |
| 14 | Turnout was estimated as some 60 per cent in the elections , the first to be held under a new electoral law [ see pp. 37274 ; 37707 ] and using a new voter roll which increased the total electorate to some 36,000,000 eligible voters . |