Example sentences of "[adj] [num] was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cumulative total of adult HIV infections in Latin America and the Caribbean as of early 1991 was estimated to be close to 1,000,000 , and the total number of adult AIDS cases slightly over 100,000 . |
| 2 | I say unwittingly because originally the second nine was intended to be the first , but this was changed and thus gave the second nine its water-strewn flavour . |
| 3 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 4 | Moreover , land use planning , which in the early 1980s was alleged to be an obstacle to investment , is very much back on the agenda . |
| 5 | Inability to raise local funds through savings and investment to reach the proportion required for projects prevented the disbursement of foreign aid committed to such projects , the World Bank estimating that USdollars 4,600 million was waiting to be disbursed . |