Example sentences of "[adv prt] of an estimated " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 5000 out of an estimated 20 000 tonnes of waste ‘ disappears ’ every year . |
| 2 | Aylwin , whose formal inauguration on March 11 was attended by 14 world leaders , had announced an amnesty for 40 political prisoners ( out of an estimated total of 400 ) on March 12 and promised that the Congress would " resolve " further cases in the near future . |
| 3 | Claiming that the decision had been prompted by popular demand , Kuwait 's ambassador to the USA , Shaikh Saud Nasir al Sabah , said in an interview with the Washington Post that only 50,000 to 60,000 out of an estimated 380,000 Palestinians living in Kuwait were working . |
| 4 | The Italian authorities had previously said that those remaining , out of an estimated 24,000 , had until the end of July to find jobs , obtain political asylum , or be deported [ see p. 38351 ] ; the Italian attitude changed quickly , however , when on Aug. 7 a new flotilla of refugee boats appeared off Adriatic ports , with an estimated 17,000 people aboard . |
| 5 | One of the largest repatriation programmes undertaken by the UN began on March 30 when 527 out of an estimated 380,000 Cambodian refugees living in camps along the Thai-Cambodian border were transported to a temporary reception site in the western town of Sisophon . |