Example sentences of "[pers pn] was estimated [that] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was estimated that over 5,000 people attended . |
| 3 | In 1989 , it was estimated that over 2 million people in the UK still drank water contaminated with lead . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | By early 1990 , it was estimated that as many as 30,000 Mozambicans were accommodated in the Ukwimi refugee settlement , in Eastern Province . |
| 7 | ( This had , however , not been fully enforced for some years , and it was estimated that around 15,000 abortions were performed annually in Belgium . ) |
| 8 | Because Saudi Arabia had an alternative outlet on the Red Sea at Yanbu ’ , created in the 1970s against just such a contingency , it was estimated that only some 8 million b/d would be removed from the market were Hormuz closed . |