Example sentences of "estimate that [adv] [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Billy Graham organisation used to estimate that only ten per cent of their crowds came as a direct result of advertising and , generally speaking , I find that by itself it is the least cost-effective way of marketing events ; the most effective being personal invitation . |
| 2 | Swift-Hook estimated that about 30 per cent of the CEGB 's researchers were then working on Pressurized Water Reactors . |
| 3 | In 1921 Bowley estimated that only 41 per cent of working class families could depend on a man 's wage and of the families drawing public assistance during the 1930s fewer than one half depended on only one wage earner . |
| 4 | The Government Actuary in 1975 estimated that only 15 per cent of those who would have exercised the contribution option would choose to be full contributors when the new scheme took effect . |
| 5 | Annually it is estimated that approximately 75 per cent of those aged 65 and over will visit their family doctor . |
| 6 | For instance , it has been estimated that over 70 per cent of the North American Cordillera is made up of displaced terranes ( Fig. 3.31 ) . |
| 7 | Now , with unemployment set to reach two million by Christmas , they are no longer welcome and it 's estimated that over 60 per cent are unemployed . |
| 8 | In two of Japan 's leading export items , colour TV sets and motor vehicles , it is estimated that only 25 per cent of the value-added in production is generated internally by the company that sells the final product in contrast to 50 per cent in the UK or US . |
| 9 | In two of Japan 's leading export items , colour TV sets and motor vehicles , it is estimated that only 25 per cent of the value-added in production is generated internally by the company that sells the final product in contrast to 50 per cent in the UK or US . |
| 10 | On the other hand , in many instances the repossession order is not carried out and it is estimated that only 60 per cent of orders eventually result in repossession . |
| 11 | It is estimated that only 20 per cent of cases of sexually transmitted disease are seen in the specialist clinics . |
| 12 | It is estimated that about 75 per cent of the union 's members in Hackney and Tower Hamlets voted in the ballot , supported officially by NUT national leaders . |
| 13 | In the USA it is estimated that about 80 per cent of collective agreements are confined to employees of a single company and about two-thirds are limited to a single plant ( Cohen , 1975 ) . |
| 14 | It has been estimated that about three per cent of all calls in busy TMAs result in conflicting transmissions . |
| 15 | It is estimated that about 15 per cent of the population , mostly in the rural areas , earn less than Z$100 a year , and it is this group which is facing the most difficulties in keeping their children at school . |
| 16 | Snell and Millar ( 1987 ) have estimated that about 30 per cent of all families receiving parish relief under the old Poor Law ( prior to 1834 ) were lone mothers ; and Thane ( 1978 ) has pointed out that , throughout the period of the operation of the new Poor Law , women ( often widows or deserted or separated mothers ) made up the majority of adult recipients of relief . |
| 17 | It is estimated that about 20 per cent of current models would qualify . |
| 18 | The Stock Exchange estimates that about 6 per cent of adults own shares , with a third of these deriving from the sale of British Telecom ( Guardian , 10 May 1986 ) . |
| 19 | Timaeus estimates that only 16 per cent of those reaching the age of 60 in the early 1990s will have no children at time of death . |
| 20 | ( 1982 ) estimate that about 40 per cent of all carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere remains there to enhance the greenhouse effect . |