Example sentences of "[noun] estimate [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study estimated that total GDP in the West Bank , East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip fell to between US$1,200 million and US$1,500 million in 1989 , some 35 per cent less than the pre-intifada level . |
| 2 | In 1991 , an Arthur Andersen survey on absenteeism estimated that some 1m employees are absent from work every day and that the problem costs industry over £6bn a year . |
| 3 | The letter to manufacturers estimates that personal computers based on Pentium will list for $5,000 for desktop models and $7,000 for mid-range systems . |
| 4 | * The Confederation of British Industry estimates that one company in five is allocating up to 25 per cent of its total investment to waste management and improvement of environmental performance . |
| 5 | EC traders estimate that this year 's harvest could shoot up to 166.8m tonnes — excluding the former East German sector . |
| 6 | Dr Helen ApSimon of Imperial College estimates that British ammonia emissions have increased by 50 per cent since 1950 , mainly owing to more intensive livestock production and use of agricultural fertilisers . |
| 7 | Mr Bannock estimates that these increases have led to substantial gains in employment , with three million more people working in businesses with fewer than 1,000 staff . |
| 8 | The European Information Industry Association estimates that this market will have grown to US$6.7 billion by 1995 , an average annual growth rate of 19 per cent . |
| 9 | The borough estimates that recyclable waste amounts to 20,000 of the total 80,000 tonnes generated annually . |
| 10 | The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors estimated that 600,000 acres had been blighted , including large areas of Sheffield and Birmingham . |
| 11 | A UN forestry expert estimated that 17,000,000 hectares of the world 's rainforests had been destroyed in 1990 ( as against 11,000,000 hectares in 1980 ) . |
| 12 | In his report as a Poor Law Commissioner , Chadwick estimated that inadequate sanitation leading to excessively high death rates was costing the country £14 million a year in lost production , apart from the social costs in terms of crime , delinquency , and the like . |
| 13 | In an ironic twist , the FDA estimates that 98 percent of carcinogens found in food are naturally occurring . |
| 14 | Scottish HydroElectric estimates that average home bills will rise by 60p a week in 1994 and £1.25 in 1995 . |
| 15 | Mr Gabor estimates that national output is roughly stable . |
| 16 | In all the Group estimated that 300,000 people had served prison sentences of two or more years in East Germany since 1945 . |
| 17 | Israeli officials estimated that this figure would increase dramatically in 1990 , an appraisal which appeared to be based partly on persistent reports of a threat from anti-Semitic groups to the safety of Jews in the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Major debt defaults in Mexico and Brazil had prompted a worldwide retreat from international bank lending and the virtual collapse of the syndicated loan market ; since then , unofficial observers estimated that some $45,000 million of net development capital aid had flowed back from the borrowing countries and towards the lenders . |
| 19 | For instance , the Department of Social Security estimates that 660,000 people on means tested benefit lost 70% or more of each additional 1 of income ( Willman 1992 ) . |
| 20 | Regional news sources estimated that 200 people had been killed and 10,000 made homeless between the beginning of March and the end of April . |
| 21 | Official figures put the casualties at seven dead and 22 wounded , but independent sources estimated that 16 demonstrators and two policemen had been killed and 350 demonstrators injured , 66 of whom were in critical condition . |
| 22 | lo ensure that everyone 's nitrate levels stayed under 50 mg/litre the NCG estimated that immediate capital spending of £50 million would be needed , and £150 million would be required within 20 years . |
| 23 | The Food and Agricultural Organisation estimates that each year upwards of 100 million cattle , 100 million sheep , 200 million pigs , 26 million calves and three thousand million chickens meet their deaths in the US alone . |
| 24 | Even now the World Health Organisation estimates that 107 countries are affected and that about half the world 's population is exposed to the risk of infection . |
| 25 | The Global War Against Small Cetaceans estimates that 500,000 dolphins are killed each year . |
| 26 | British energy studies estimate that total energy consumption could be reduced by anything between 10 and 65 per cent over the next 35 years — depending on the political will . |
| 27 | In March 1991 the Commission estimated that budgetary fraud cost up to 10 per cent of the EC 's total budget . |
| 28 | In 1985 , the Controller of the Audit Commission estimated that each year ‘ at least £3 billion worth of goods and services is purchased by competitive tendering ’ ( Banham 1985 : 12 ) . |
| 29 | No effort has been made to investigate the tens of thousands of murders and ‘ disappearances ’ that have occurred over the past three years : in February , Sri Lankan human rights activists estimated that 40,000 people had ‘ disappeared ’ since 1987 . |
| 30 | Greenpeace estimates that fresh fuel can be turned into a nuclear weapon in only seven days , and that spent fuel can be converted for use in as little as one month . |