Example sentences of "[pers pn] is estimate [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Consequently it is estimated that those aged 65 + account for 27 per cent of GPs ' time in 1981/82 as compared with 22 per cent a decade earlier . |
| 32 | It is estimated that some 9m now work the equivalent of a full year in agriculture — of which 65% are men and 35% women — although nearly 18m still have an attachment to the land . |
| 33 | In Ireland , for example , it is estimated that some 25% of all forestry workers also farm ; elsewhere , such as in the west of Scotland and in the Islands , fishing is very often a complementary occupation for many small farmers while in southern Italy whole communities live by fishing alone . |
| 34 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 37 | It is estimated that British Gas 's contracted supplies from the North Sea will start to run down from 1984 and by 1995 will meet only one-third of UK needs . |
| 38 | It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000 . |
| 39 | It is estimated that this will cost 10 times as much as the original research . |
| 40 | It is estimated that this August , a third of all new L registration cars will be bought by women . |
| 41 | Because there is often more than one casualty involved in an accident , it is estimated that this casualty target can be achieved by reducing the number of accidents by about 50 . |
| 42 | It is estimated that this has caused the death of more than 70,000 dolphins off Mexico 's Pacific coast since 1990 . |
| 43 | It is estimated that 24 per cent of Mediterranean beaches are unsuitable for swimming because of the sewage risk alone . |
| 44 | Indeed , it is estimated that one-half of them have to depend on state benefits . |
| 45 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 46 | From these figures , it was calculated that it would take some 100 years for the cut and cut-and-burnt sites to attain biomass levels of the original forest , while for the bulldozed forests , it is estimated that 1000 years would be needed . |
| 47 | 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 ) . |
| 48 | Latin America 's nutritional levels are higher than in many other parts of the Third world , and yet it is estimated that 15 per cent of the region 's children suffer from medium to high-level malnutrition , which means , given the differences within the region , high levels in some areas ( López Cordovez 1982 ) . |
| 49 | FLOORS It is estimated that 15 per cent of home heat is lost through timber floors . |
| 50 | Locally , it is estimated that more than half the 200 Health Authorities in England and Wales designated a responsible officer , and that there was a greater volume and variety of activity than ever before : traditional courses were supplemented by a new range of imaginative options , to which more managers than ever before had access . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |