Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] be estimated [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , in 1975 it was estimated that some 145,000 persons lived in a mobile home of some type . |
| 2 | By 1975 it was estimated that seven per cent of the population would be under fifteen and thirty per cent would be over sixty , compared with twenty-five per cent and twelve per cent respectively in 1938 , ( Charles , 1935 ) . |
| 3 | Office employment was one of the major growth sectors of the economy in the 1950s and 1960s , and by the early 1970s it was estimated that one-quarter of total employment was in offices ( Goddard 1978 ) . |
| 4 | In 1893 it was estimated that 60 000 organic compounds were known . |
| 5 | In July 1982 it was estimated that 300,000 people in the UK suffered from tinnitus which interfered with their ability to lead normal lives . |
| 6 | By 1679 it was estimated that such payments were six or seven years in arrears ; and in the 1690s English diplomats were still very often paid merely in Exchequer tallies which could be cashed only after long delay and at ruinous discounts to their face value . |
| 7 | In Sweden in 1988 it was estimated that some 15,000 lakes were acidified , just over 1,800 of which were ‘ seriously ’ acidified ; 100,000 km of rivers and streams were also affected . |
| 8 | In 1830 , 70 English boroughs had 100 or less voters ; Old Sarum and Dunwich were uninhabited constituencies ; and in 1793 it was estimated that 400 Members of Parliament out of a total of around 530 were nominated or dependent on noblemen in such a way that they were likely to lack the chance to display any real independence of mind in their parliamentary behaviour . |