Example sentences of "[pers pn] estimate [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the assumption that present levels of production are maintained , I estimate that replacement of the ‘ uplands ‘ would require 0.5 — 0.6 m ha ( 1.25 — 1.5 m acres ) of lowland Britain . |
| 2 | I estimate that $20 plus a couple for postage would be about £15 . |
| 3 | In general we estimate that sources of error in the retrievals limit the precision to about 10% but that the absolute errors , taking into account uncertainties in the line parameters , are more likely to be of the order of 15% . |
| 4 | Sir Alastair said : ‘ We estimate that overall , exchange rate movements added 11 per cent to our sales and 19 per cent to our pre-tax profits . ’ |
| 5 | Because normal subjects had virtually identical values of active and total caeruloplasmin , we estimate that Wilson 's disease is caused by loss of oxidase activity rather than abnormal synthesis of caeruloplasmin . |
| 6 | Given the distribution of scores among their controls , we estimate that people above the upper quartile had at least a twofold higher risk of being admitted to hospital for acute myocardial infarction than did people with a score of zero . |
| 7 | He estimated that inflation had risen by 25 per cent over the first eleven months of 1989 and that the dinar had lost 50 per cent of its value since October 1989 . |
| 8 | He estimated that Isabel would have about one minute to negotiate the treacherously wet embankment , cross the ditch , and scramble up the other side . |
| 9 | He estimated that executive boxes in the stand would bring in £800,000 a year . |
| 10 | He estimated that executive boxes in the stand would bring in £800,000 a year . |
| 11 | He estimated that 25% of subject searches and 18% of author/title searches failed at the first attempt . |
| 12 | At this stage , as Ernst & Young does not have access to the shareholders ' list , it is unaware of the numbers involved , but it estimates that compensation payments may total £1.4m . |
| 13 | It estimates that ACAS could accelerate the schedule COSE 's been kicking around by about a year . |
| 14 | As detailed in the previous section , using a theoretical framework developed from American research into heroin ‘ epidemics ’ , this formula allowed us to estimate that prevalence was still increasing but that incidence was decreasing . |