Example sentences of "it [be] estimate [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the West Mercia force , which polices Hereford and Worcester , it 's estimated that on average , one officer is attacked every day . |
| 2 | Yet it 's estimated that about one in five of us is affected . |
| 3 | In the UK where a comparatively large amount of research has been carried out into wave power it is estimated that with wave generators along the 1,450 kilometre coastline , 50% of the UK 's electricity requirements could be supplied . |
| 4 | It is estimated that for every pound a farmer spends on fertilizer on his fields , he can expect the rain to wash away a good fifty pence-worth . |
| 5 | It is estimated that for every cigarette you smoke you shorten your life span by five minutes . |
| 6 | It is estimated that for women to give up work to look after disabled relatives cost earnings of 8,500 if they had no children and about 7,000 if they had . |
| 7 | In the services , it is estimated that for every front-line soldier there are twenty people in support . |
| 8 | In the UK alone , over £40 million per year is spent on tranquillizers , and it is estimated that at least 3 million people are addicted to them Some drugs affect appetite and also increase the need for vitamins and minerals . |
| 9 | It is estimated that at least 10,000 children and their parents are involved in the trauma of accidental poisonings every year . |
| 10 | It is estimated that as a general rule these stores will accommodate about 3,500,000 sq ft of timber , or about 300,000 cub ft . |
| 11 | One in four products from the chemist will contain chemical compounds derived from rainforest plants , and it is estimated that to date only one per cent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use . |
| 12 | If present trends continue , it is estimated that around 1 in 4 children will experience the divorce of their parents before they reach 16 ( Haskey , 1990 ) . |
| 13 | It is estimated that in rural areas four million people live more than five miles from a CAB . |
| 14 | It is estimated that in the years 1896–1913 German landholdings declined by over 98,000 hectares , 20,000 of which were in and around Danzig . |
| 15 | The Chairman of English Heritage noted that , together with the £2 million awarded last year , the present sum will help maintain the buildings for posterity , ( although it is estimated that in all £185 million is needed for essential repairs over the next decade ) . |
| 16 | In Britain alone it is estimated that in excess of 150,000 people die every year from heart attacks and strokes . |
| 17 | Yet women are less likely than men to leave paid employment at the statutory retirement age ; it is estimated that in 1990 22.7 per cent of women between the ages of 60 and 64 were economically active , compared with 14.4 per cent of men aged 65–9 ( Tinder , 1991 ) . |
| 18 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |
| 19 | It is estimated that by the end of the century only about half of all British children will experience conventional family lives — parents married at the time they are born and continuing married until they are grown up ( Kiernan & Wicks , 1990 ) |
| 20 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |
| 21 | At densities of 120 persons per acre it was estimated that between 25 per cent and 30 per cent of the population would have to be flat dwellers . |
| 22 | More than 200,000 cases of AIDS had been officially reported to WHO by more than 150 countries by the end of 1989 , and it was estimated that between 5,000,000 and 10,000,000 people were HIV-positive . |
| 23 | Compared with 10 years ago , when it was estimated that at least 70 per cent of two-parent households with two children came within the scheme , less than half of two-parent families now qualify , according to the author of the study , Michael Murphy , a statistician at the London School of Economics . |
| 24 | Unemployment remained high , and it was estimated that at any one time at least a million men were without work . |
| 25 | The controversy aroused strong emotions because it was estimated that at least 27,000 Italians sent by Mussolini to fight in Russia had perished from cold , disease and starvation after being taken prisoner . |
| 26 | The small scale of its activities was always mentioned : it was estimated that of the 30,000 boys who annually left London elementary schools , not more than 2% came under its influence and that of similar organizations . |
| 27 | It was estimated that for 1990 new credits of about $3,000 million would have to be sought , primarily from Western sources . |
| 28 | In 1912 it was estimated that since 1886 the Commission had purchased only 60,000 hectares of Polish-owned land and 100,000 hectares of German land in Poznania and West Prussia . |
| 29 | It was estimated that about 70–80% of participators did ‘ some business ’ , with top sales of $850,000 for ‘ The Illustrious Dream Maker ’ by Max Ernst sold by Jeffrey Loria , and $800,000 for a 1935 Rufina Tamayo ‘ Still Life with Watermelons ’ sold by Mary-Anne Martin to a Mexican collector . |
| 30 | At the Party Conference of 1920 , which coalitionists had hoped would approve fusion , it was estimated that about five-eighths of the delegates were in favour of the existence of the coalition , and the rest against it on principle , but that hardly any of them approved its current policies . |