Example sentences of "is [verb] that [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the United States it is reported that some 35 million heart attacks and strokes occur each year . |
| 2 | It is accepted that some 10 to 15 per cent of cases are seen outside the clinics by private or general practitioners , and it is unusual for these cases to be reported to the Department of Health . |
| 3 | In the future it is envisaged that all three methods will be available as alternative input techniques for computers , perhaps including shorthand as a fourth . |
| 4 | For example , though it is known that some 80 per cent of pedestrian fatalities in Britain occur on built-up roads , statistics are not available separately for residential areas . |
| 5 | On top of this it is known that any one mould would only be in use between seven and fifteen years . |
| 6 | It is hoped that some 6,000 organisations could eventually benefit from involvement with the project . |
| 7 | Managing director Albero Sandoval places the potential market at 100,000 users , predicting that this will rise to 600,000 subscribers over the next 10 years , of which it is hoped that some 300,000 will use Sistelcom 's system . |
| 8 | In the city of Rome it is believed that some 40,000 insulae lined the streets and squares . |
| 9 | But it is believed that several dozen members of the last Parliament are still members . |
| 10 | Half of all animal extinctions have occurred this century and it is believed that another one million species could be lost by the year 2000 , which works out at over 270 extinctions every day for the next ten years . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 13 | Based on a national postal survey to chief constables in 1986 , it is estimated that 75–80 000 young people are reported as missing each year in Britain ( De'Ath , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 19 | An idea of the magnitude of this quantity can be obtained if it is compared to the total population of New Jersey ( 7 344 000 ) or Ecuador ( 7 814 000 ) , or if it is realized that 7 602 138 seconds make 90 days and 10 hours . |