Example sentences of "year it [be] estimate [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 2 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
| 3 | Over eighteen years it is estimated that the farm yielded around £50,000 net profit . |
| 4 | In 1980–1 , a fairly typical year , the grant from the Ministry of Agriculture for land-drainage schemes , including some urban work , amounted to about £30.5 million , of which £23.7 million was allocated to the water authorities , while the rest went to internal drainage boards and local authorities.2 In that year it is estimated that the water authorities spent around £40 million on capital drainage schemes for agriculture . |
| 5 | In the first year it is estimated that the new law saved 200 children from being killed or seriously injured . |
| 6 | Exports of the bird have increased sharply in recent years ; last year it is estimated that 500 of the remaining 2,000 birds were exported from Indonesia , while 200 more died in an Indonesian export house . |