Example sentences of "[pers pn] be estimated [that] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , with unemployment set to reach two million by Christmas , they are no longer welcome and it 's estimated that over 60 per cent are unemployed . |
| 2 | It 's estimated that around 700 people die in house fires in Britain each year . |
| 3 | Annually it is estimated that approximately 75 per cent of those aged 65 and over will visit their family doctor . |
| 4 | It is estimated that approximately 500,000 adults in Great Britain suffer from agoraphobia to some extent . |
| 5 | It is estimated that over half the legal executives working in solicitors ' practices hold no formal qualification in law at all . |
| 6 | The economic burden of alcohol abuse falls not only on the individual and on the public purse , but also on employers : it is estimated that over 600 million is lost annually by employers through absenteeism , lateness , sickness , accidents and reduced efficiency resulting from excessive drinking . |
| 7 | It is estimated that over 30 species have become extinct while waiting for a listing . |
| 8 | It is estimated that around two-fifths of the settlement will be needed to pay off the syndicate 's American lawyers ( who had taken on the case on a " no win , no pay " basis ) . |
| 9 | It is estimated that around 600 pupils at present receive assistance for literacy and numeracy difficulties but the Government has baulked at estimating how many children suffer from dyslexia . |
| 10 | It is estimated that only 20 per cent of cases of sexually transmitted disease are seen in the specialist clinics . |
| 11 | In two of Japan 's leading export items , colour TV sets and motor vehicles , it is estimated that only 25 per cent of the value-added in production is generated internally by the company that sells the final product in contrast to 50 per cent in the UK or US . |
| 12 | In two of Japan 's leading export items , colour TV sets and motor vehicles , it is estimated that only 25 per cent of the value-added in production is generated internally by the company that sells the final product in contrast to 50 per cent in the UK or US . |
| 13 | On the other hand , in many instances the repossession order is not carried out and it is estimated that only 60 per cent of orders eventually result in repossession . |
| 14 | It is estimated that overall some 23,304 requests were satisfied : 14,989 from Scottish libraries and 8,315 from elsewhere . |
| 15 | It is estimated that about 75 per cent of the union 's members in Hackney and Tower Hamlets voted in the ballot , supported officially by NUT national leaders . |
| 16 | Of some 200,000 children displaced by the war , it is estimated that about 80,000 are not in school . |
| 17 | In the USA it is estimated that about 80 per cent of collective agreements are confined to employees of a single company and about two-thirds are limited to a single plant ( Cohen , 1975 ) . |
| 18 | It is estimated that about 80 million tonnes of industrial waste arise each year in the United Kingdom , all of which is dealt with in this country . |
| 19 | It is estimated that about 20 per cent of current models would qualify . |
| 20 | It is estimated that about 15 per cent of the population , mostly in the rural areas , earn less than Z$100 a year , and it is this group which is facing the most difficulties in keeping their children at school . |
| 21 | It is estimated that as much as 98% of dioxin intake by humans comes to us through the food chain , notably meat , milk , fish and eggs . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is estimated that as much as one-third of Alexandria 's population in the first century was Jewish . |
| 23 | 1981 ) , when it is estimated that as many as 96% of all marine species died out ( Raup , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | It is estimated that as many as one in five people suffers from PMLE . |
| 25 | The Nikkei average index , the main measure of performance in Tokyo , fell by 40 per cent during the year , or approximately US$1,500,000 million , and it was estimated that even dollar-denominated investments there would have lost some 35.4 per cent of their value . |
| 26 | It was estimated that over 5,000 people attended . |
| 27 | In 1989 , it was estimated that over 2 million people in the UK still drank water contaminated with lead . |
| 28 | When Mosley addressed a meeting of 1,500 people at Leeds Town Hall in May 1934 it was estimated that about 400 fascists were present ‘ most of whom had come to Leeds by bus . ’ |
| 29 | It was estimated that as many as a third of all members were either put out of work or seriously under employed , and students found great difficulty in obtaining placements in architects ' offices . |
| 30 | By early 1990 , it was estimated that as many as 30,000 Mozambicans were accommodated in the Ukwimi refugee settlement , in Eastern Province . |