Example sentences of "[pers pn] be estimated [that] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Indian subcontinent , where large numbers of people work on the land , it is estimated that many thousands of people die from snake bites every year . |
| 2 | In this brutal war , it is estimated that some 60,000 civilians were killed up to 1989 , before the 1989 to 1990 round of fighting which is thought to have claimed over a thousand lives . |
| 3 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 4 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 5 | It is estimated that another 40 heavy lorries will be on the roads every week to replace the 24 wagon train which runs to St Helens and Edinburgh carrying 520 tonnes of cider and four loads of electrical light fittings . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It was estimated that another 50,000 jobs in British factories and workshops had been sustained by it . |
| 8 | In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 . |
| 9 | Of these 133 new Majlis members , it was estimated that some 55 were supporters of Rafsanjani and that many of the remainder were reported to be independent candidates likely to align themselves with the President 's faction . |
| 10 | All in all , in 1975 it was estimated that some 145,000 persons lived in a mobile home of some type . |
| 11 | 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 . |