Example sentences of "[noun] estimate that [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Llewellyn-Smith estimated that three million men would be covered . |
| 2 | IN 1977 the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that 6.4 million acres ( 12.6 million hectares ) of agricultural land in England and Wales needed drainage . |
| 3 | Basing his calculations on the mass of ancient slag heaps dotting the Troodos ophiolite , George Constantinou estimates that 2000 thousand tonnes of copper had been mined by Roman times . |
| 4 | In 1987 , a consultant 's report estimated that some 250 jobs ( including road haulage , etc. ) were generated by Scandinavian trade . |
| 5 | One effect of this strategy was to create a large number of internal refugees — some reports estimating that some 150,000 Cambodians were displaced during 1990 , either by being forcibly moved in to the interior by SOC troops , or by fleeing from Khmer Rouge attack . |
| 6 | The Institute of Mining and Metallurgy estimates that some 400 jobs could be created by the recent exploration successes . |