Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] that [num] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An idea of the magnitude of this quantity can be obtained if it is compared to the total population of New Jersey ( 7 344 000 ) or Ecuador ( 7 814 000 ) , or if it is realized that 7 602 138 seconds make 90 days and 10 hours . |
| 2 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 3 | It is estimated that one heavy rainstorm could bring disaster . |
| 4 | Based on a national postal survey to chief constables in 1986 , it is estimated that 75–80 000 young people are reported as missing each year in Britain ( De'Ath , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | It is expected that two Czechoslovak dissidents , spanning a 20-year period , will be chosen as joint winners to emphasise the durability of the movement towards liberalisation . |
| 6 | It is thought that two young were raised . |
| 7 | It is alleged that one British collector had 4000 trees felled in tracking down one particularly rare species in Colombia . |