Example sentences of "is estimate that [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 3 | Based on a national postal survey to chief constables in 1986 , it is estimated that 75–80 000 young people are reported as missing each year in Britain ( De'Ath , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is estimated that some 30 per cent of the overhead and marketing budget represents the cost of production and distribution of brochures . |