Example sentences of "estimate [conj] up to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It estimated that up to 10,000,000 people would have to be moved from low-lying coastal areas of East Anglia ( UK ) , Bangladesh and the Netherlands , or that an immediate start would have to be made on building 360,000 km of sea defences to protect them . |
| 2 | While he estimated that up to 600 prisoners might apply for release , the ANC maintained that the number was over 3,000 . |
| 3 | The Washington Post of April 13 reported that death rates among refugees were unclear , but that relief officials estimated that up to 1,000 were dying daily in camps along the Turkish and Iranian borders . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Poll Watch estimated that up to 50 per cent of votes cast throughout Thailand involved an exchange of money , with the figure rising to between 70 and 90 per cent in the Isarn ( North-East Thailand ) . |
| 5 | Ellstrand estimated that up to a third of all crop varieties are pollinated by insects . |
| 6 | It has been estimated that up to 300 million tonnes of oil a year could be saved in the USSR by cutting waste , substituting gas for oil in industrial complexes and making more use of the vast coal reserves , but whether this will be achieved to any significant extent outside the essentially capitalist ethos where cost saving is an easily learned lesson , is doubtful . |
| 7 | The World Bank has estimated that up to $8 bil per annum is required to be invested in the agricultural sector of LDCs . |
| 8 | It is estimated that up to one million Americans invested in shares — from millionaires to the ordinary man and woman in the street . |
| 9 | It has been estimated that up to one-third of hill land could grow timber and the aim is to increase the forestry acreage by 60 per cent by the end of the century . |
| 10 | It 's estimated that up to two hundred and fifty people use House on a daily basis . |
| 11 | It has been estimated that up to one third of the production budget of a movie can be left on location . |
| 12 | In Bombay alone , it is estimated that up to $10 million a year may change hands as agents like Selvam match up impoverished donors , willing to exchange a kidney for cash , with wealthy patients who can not obtain one by any other means . |
| 13 | Worldwide , it is estimated that up to 500 million people see the race on television , either live or recorded , while millions more enjoy the live radio commentary . |
| 14 | Peres , then Finance Minister , announced that the IS500,000,000 budgeted for the settlement of Soviet Jews might not be adequate as it was based on an estimate of 40,000 new arrivals , whereas the Ministry of Immigration had estimated that up to 100,000 immigrants might arrive in 1990 . |
| 15 | It was estimated that up to 80 per cent of grain was hoarded by farms to barter for machinery and other goods [ see p. 38302 ] . |
| 16 | By the year 2000 the World Health Organisation estimates that up to 40 million people will be infected with HIV . |
| 17 | The National Radiological Protection Board ( NRPB ) which advises the government on radiation hazards , now estimates that up to a hundred people will have died from the fallout . |
| 18 | It estimates that up to 50 per cent of retail gasoline outlets could close in the face of the cost of complying with the new regulations , which include compulsory liability insurance , leak-detection systems and anti-corrosive tanks . |
| 19 | The report estimates that up to 40,000 plants could die out by the middle of next century , if the population expands from 5,000 million to 8,000 million by 2020 , as currently predicted . |
| 20 | I estimate that up to £500,000 worth of crops were saved . ’ |
| 21 | Housing analysts estimate that up to 500,000 young people have steered clear of becoming home owners since the property slump of the late Eighties . |
| 22 | Bradshaw and Millar estimate that up to 70 per cent of lone mothers could be employed if all who said they wanted to could immediately get jobs and child care . |
| 23 | Analysts estimate that up to half the monies owed currently go uncollected . |
| 24 | The EPA estimate that up to one-third of cars may fail the high-tech test . |