Example sentences of "[conj] it [is] estimated that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly apparent in Central America , where it is estimated that seasonal migrants make up 70 per cent of the labour force employed in agriculture . |
| 2 | Worst affected is Somalia , where it 's estimated that three children are dying every minute . |
| 3 | Badger-baiting is at an all-time high in East and North Yorkshire and it is estimated that each year in Great Britain as many as 9,000 badgers meet a premature death . |
| 4 | Between the surrender and December 1948 the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce retail price index rose by 4000 per cent and it is estimated that black market prices increased at double this rate . |
| 5 | The hard disk is now down to 50% , and it is estimated that all non-Accounts files will be off the system by the end of June . |
| 6 | The business gift sector is characterised by seasonal demand , and it is estimated that 80 per cent of this business is conducted in the last two months of every year . |
| 7 | Some 15 million of them served in the armed forces , over 11 million going overseas ; and it is estimated that another 15 million moved from their homes , mainly in the smaller towns and the rural areas , to the booming sites of the war industries , such as those in California . |
| 8 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 9 | As it is estimated that 25 per cent of schoolchildren will have a sight problem that needs attention ( Optical Information Council ) it is essential that vision screening procedures should be effective . |