Example sentences of "estimate that [adj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 , a consultant 's report estimated that some 250 jobs ( including road haulage , etc. ) were generated by Scandinavian trade . |
| 2 | IN 1977 the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that 6.4 million acres ( 12.6 million hectares ) of agricultural land in England and Wales needed drainage . |
| 3 | Llewellyn-Smith estimated that three million men would be covered . |
| 4 | One effect of this strategy was to create a large number of internal refugees — some reports estimating that some 150,000 Cambodians were displaced during 1990 , either by being forcibly moved in to the interior by SOC troops , or by fleeing from Khmer Rouge attack . |
| 5 | It 's now estimated that five hundred children in Lothian Region alone are affected by HIV and AIDS . |
| 6 | Hamilton has estimated that these two projects and the offshore development will create some 3,000 construction jobs and over 200 permanent jobs . |
| 7 | All in all , in 1975 it was estimated that some 145,000 persons lived in a mobile home of some type . |
| 8 | In all , it was estimated that some 110 bills — all of which sought to restrict access to abortion to some degree — had been introduced in 47 state legislatures since July 1989 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was estimated that another 50,000 jobs in British factories and workshops had been sustained by it . |
| 12 | Basing his calculations on the mass of ancient slag heaps dotting the Troodos ophiolite , George Constantinou estimates that 2000 thousand tonnes of copper had been mined by Roman times . |
| 13 | Estimates that 11 million hectares of forest are being lost every year have recently been revised upwards to 17 million . |
| 14 | Brian Wood , a pest research officer , estimates that some 240 rats live in each hectare of plantation . |
| 15 | The Institute of Mining and Metallurgy estimates that some 400 jobs could be created by the recent exploration successes . |
| 16 | They estimate that two million Somalians are in immediate danger of starving to death . |
| 17 | We estimate that four million pounds worth of fake Adidas clothing was probably sold in the UK last year . |
| 18 | They suggest that the species could take up to 70 years to recover , and estimate that some 150,000 murres died as a result of the spill . |