Example sentences of "estimated [conj] more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 5 ) It has been estimated that more than 60 million people left the rural areas of all European countries-during the 30 years from 1945 . |
| 2 | It is estimated that more than 100,000 people now visit the Locks and their surroundings annually . |
| 3 | It is estimated that more than £12 billion a year is spent on gambling , and at least half of that is taken in Britain 's 10,000 betting shops . |
| 4 | It is estimated that more than two million specimens are stored , together with the information contained on labels and in associated manuscript material , such as field notebooks , determination lists , card indexes ( taxonomic and biographical ) . |
| 5 | A UN " plan of action " drawn up in the week before the commencement of hostilities had estimated that more than 1,000,000 foreigners were still working in Iraq , most of them Egyptians , Sudanese and Palestinians . |
| 6 | It was estimated that more than 500,000,000 people worldwide were suffering from chronic malnutrition , of whom 17,000,000 were expected to die from hunger . |
| 7 | Quite apart from members of the public who have seen the buses at exhibitions and conferences , it is estimated that more than 45,000 school girls have benefited from ‘ hands on ’ experience of new technologies . |
| 8 | Quite apart from the members of the public who have seen the vehicles at exhibitions and conferences , it is estimated that more than 100,000 school girls have benefited from ‘ hands on ’ experience of new technologies . |
| 9 | It is estimated that more than 170 million people worldwide are currently infected with the hepatitis B virus . |
| 10 | On the basis of an 8-month marriage to baptism gap in the parish registers , it has been estimated that more than 40 per cent of eighteenth-century brides were pregnant . |
| 11 | It has been estimated that more than 30 per cent of the herds will have to be killed just to keep numbers static . |