Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] estimated [that] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over one and a half million pensioners ( 15% ) , claimed the means tested top up Income Support in 1989–90 , and it is estimated that a further 0.9 million were eligible , but did not claim . |
| 2 | It is estimated that a fall in oil prices costs the Soviet Union about $500 million per dollar off the price of crude . |
| 3 | It is estimated that a modest increase from the present 1.8% , to 2% of total institutional expenditure , would enable us to maintain the services at their present level for the next five years . |
| 4 | It is estimated that a database of this size could contain the following ( note that these figures are only estimates ) : |
| 5 | It was estimated that a lattice network of sone 80 transmitters would give nationwide coverage , with more than 80% of road traffic covered from only 20 stations . |
| 6 | According to a report by the Senate committee on violence and pacification which was monitoring acts of political violence carried out by the Maoist Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) , the Tupac Amarú Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amarú — MRTA ) , right-wing death squads and other extremist groups and also , in 1989 , links between rebel groups and drug traffickers , it was estimated that a total of 3,198 people were killed as a result of such activity in the course of 1989 , compared with 1,986 in 1988 . |
| 7 | Although it was estimated that a further 2,000 more police would be needed to cope with rapidly rising crime ( 40,000 more crimes were reported in 1989 compared with 1988 , and there were 100,000 unsolved cases ) , an estimated 3,540 had left the force for more lucrative jobs as security guards . |
| 8 | It was estimated that a third of the electorate had switched its vote in the 1991 elections , compared with only 20 per cent in 1988 . |
| 9 | In 1881 , the leader of the Blue Ribbon Mission came to town and it was estimated that a quarter of the 32,000 population were ‘ blue-ribboners ’ , or had taken the pledge . |