Example sentences of "it is estimated [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with the present trade restrictions it is estimated that we spend more than £350 million on liquor abroad every year . |
| 2 | It is estimated that one in three people will develop cancer at some stage in their lives . |
| 3 | It is estimated that its completion alone will increase lorry traffic across frontiers by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 4 | It is estimated that they have fallen from a peak of £62 a square foot to £38 . |
| 5 | The sloths , arboreal herbivores with stomachs and digestive systems showing convergence with ruminants , at least the two-toed ( Choloepus hoffmani ) and three-toed ( Bradypus infuscatus ) on Barro Colorado Island , feed on at least 31 species , not just one or two as was long-believed , and it is estimated that they consume about 14.7 g dry weight of leaves each day in the case of the three-toed sloth , a cropping-rate of 5.1 g of leaf per kg of sloth per day , whereas howler monkeys crop at seven times this rate . |
| 6 | As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency . |
| 7 | It is estimated that it will affect about 24% of EC traders within the UK , but will account for about 97% of all the trade . |
| 8 | Starting in the summer of 1993 , it is estimated that it will cost the local authorities some FFr130 million ( £13,402,061 ; $24,123,709 ) . |
| 9 | That is , a confirmation will be significant if it is estimated that it is unlikely to eventuate in the light of the background knowledge of the time . |
| 10 | The Group operated primarily in [ location ] where it is estimated that it holds a 16% share of the replacement window market , above that of any competitor . |
| 11 | It is estimated that he trebled it in real terms — and this at a time when the population was stagnant , His most important innovation was the poll-tax in place of the household tax , which the peasantry had been able partially to evade by merging households . |
| 12 | Furthermore , he ordered the emancipation of all slaves in the possession of British subjects residing in Zanzibar ; it is estimated that he emancipated 8,000 up to the time of his leaving Zanzibar . |
| 13 | It is estimated that his corporate empire , whose interests also include Swan lager , a stake in British Satellite Broadcasting and one of Australia 's largest television groups , has more than £4 billion worth of debts . |
| 14 | In Britain in 1991 it is estimated that there are 8,838,000 persons aged 65 and over ( and more than 10 million of pensionable age ) , representing some 15.8% of the total population . |
| 15 | It is estimated that there are 6.5 to 8.5 million pavement accidents per annum , many more than road accidents . |
| 16 | It is estimated that there are still about 20 hectares in production , mostly in the Aube and in Vertus on the Côte des Blancs . |
| 17 | Exact numbers of step-families are unknown , but it is estimated that there are between 1 and 1 . |
| 18 | Since then , the number of bail information schemes has expanded considerably , and it is estimated that there will be more than 100 in operation by April 1992 ( NACRO , 1990a ) . |
| 19 | It is estimated that there are 7,000 inmates in Britain 's prisons requiring specific help for mental disorder , and while it is possible for prisoners to receive psychiatric treatment from visiting consultants while in prison , facilities on the whole are poor and the environment is far from conducive to improving a person 's mental state . |
| 20 | Around Britain it is estimated that there are now 180,000 single people without a permanent home who live in temporary shelters , hostels or on the streets . |
| 21 | It is estimated that there are around 9,000 women who work on the streets or in the bars of Olongapo as prostitutes or ’ hospitality workers ’ . |
| 22 | It is estimated that there has been about 1000km of lateral movement along the fault system over the past 25 Ma . |
| 23 | It is estimated that there are ‘ thousands ’ of parcels of land currently occupied under Ministry Licence . |
| 24 | It is estimated that there are six million people in the UK who are able to use existing designs of bus only with great difficulty or not at all . |