Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] estimated [that] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A major discovery was made at Jabirn in the Timor Sea in 1983 but it has been estimated that similar discoveries on a yearly basis would be necessary if increasing oil imports are not to be required in the future to maintain present levels of consumption . |
| 2 | It has been estimated that retrospective appeals from Scottish landowners over previously designated SSSIs — there are currently 1300 — could cost SNH £1.5m a year , 7.5% of their budget . |
| 3 | It has been estimated that diarrhoeal illness is responsible for 250,000 deaths each year in Bangladesh . |
| 4 | In the same year in Kenya it has been estimated that African citizens and government institutions owned only about 5 per cent of corporate assets . |
| 5 | ‘ It has been estimated that British business is losing up to £1bn a year and that around 100,000 jobs have been lost as a result of this practice . ’ |
| 6 | ( By way of indication of what this represented in the family budget , it has been estimated that weekly expenditure on food in working-class families at the time was about 35 per head . ) " |