Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] estimate [that] [adj] [no cls] " in BNC.

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1 In Britain it is estimated that eighty-three per cent of these carers have no outside help whatsoever .
2 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 .
3 It is estimated that 40 per cent of Zulus support chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi .
4 It is estimated that 60 per cent of the rural population of Latin America lives in conditions of poverty ( ECLAC/FAO 1985 ) .
5 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 .
6 In America , it is estimated that 25 per cent of paperback sales are through supermarkets ; the romance title is rigorously marketed like any other brand-name ; like chocolate bars , the newest variety is given prominence on the sales stands .
7 It is estimated that 24 per cent of Mediterranean beaches are unsuitable for swimming because of the sewage risk alone .
8 Latin America 's nutritional levels are higher than in many other parts of the Third world , and yet it is estimated that 15 per cent of the region 's children suffer from medium to high-level malnutrition , which means , given the differences within the region , high levels in some areas ( López Cordovez 1982 ) .
9 FLOORS It is estimated that 15 per cent of home heat is lost through timber floors .
10 The whole of Radnor , most of Brecknock and much of Montgomery lacked this facility , and it was estimated that 14.5 per cent of the population of rural Wales was without effective public transport to work .
11 It was estimated that 20 per cent of the grape harvest had been lost .
12 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 ) .
13 By 1949 the world 's airlines had carried over twenty million paying passengers , by 1956 the figure had reached over sixty million and it was estimated that 90 per cent of the world 's land surface could be reached by the traveller .
14 In 1979 , it was estimated that some 24.8% of all qualified doctors were living abroad .
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