Example sentences of "[pers pn] be estimated [that] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that each day another three species are lost for ever . |
| 2 | 40 escalators out of service over the 270 stations , but fret not ; it 's estimated that all will have been repaired by 1996 . |
| 3 | It 's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year . |
| 4 | In fact it 's estimated that most of the major cave systems in the world today started life between 10,000 to two million years ago . |
| 5 | Badger-baiting is at an all-time high in East and North Yorkshire and it is estimated that each year in Great Britain as many as 9,000 badgers meet a premature death . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | IT is estimated that all employees who originally applied to participate in Heartwatch will have undertaken an appointment by the middle of this year . |
| 8 | The hard disk is now down to 50% , and it is estimated that all non-Accounts files will be off the system by the end of June . |
| 9 | During this period , it is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered in the communal violence that flooded the country . |
| 10 | Even if those who are living in institutions are excluded , it is estimated that half of old people under 75 and about two-thirds of those over 75 are suffering from a long-standing illness in addition to normal minor ailments . |
| 11 | It is estimated that half of the 700,000 lakes in the six eastern provinces of Canada ( south of 52 °N ) have alkalinity ( acid neutralizing capacity ) values below 50 µ eq/l , that is , they are extremely acid sensitive . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |
| 18 | It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000 . |
| 19 | It is estimated that this will cost 10 times as much as the original research . |
| 20 | It is estimated that this August , a third of all new L registration cars will be bought by women . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | It is estimated that this has caused the death of more than 70,000 dolphins off Mexico 's Pacific coast since 1990 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By 1679 it was estimated that such payments were six or seven years in arrears ; and in the 1690s English diplomats were still very often paid merely in Exchequer tallies which could be cashed only after long delay and at ruinous discounts to their face value . |
| 27 | These treatments led to cation losses of 100–240 kg per ha per annum calcium and 30–80 of magnesium , for example , but it was estimated that such would be restored through rainfall input over 10–20 years of fallow ; the 1300 1400kg of nitrogen appears to be more easily replaced as fixation rates of 100–150 kg per ha per annum were recorded . |
| 28 | It was estimated that another 50,000 jobs in British factories and workshops had been sustained by it . |
| 29 | In Sweden in 1988 it was estimated that some 15,000 lakes were acidified , just over 1,800 of which were ‘ seriously ’ acidified ; 100,000 km of rivers and streams were also affected . |
| 30 | In 1979 , it was estimated that some 24.8% of all qualified doctors were living abroad . |