Example sentences of "according [prep] estimates " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new grants were attacked by the National Union of Students as another cut in living standards when inflation was running at 7.7 per cent and housing costs , according to estimates from the committee of vice-chancellors and principals , had increased by 8.6 per cent . |
| 2 | According to estimates by Salomon Brothers , an investment bank , during four earlier credit crunches ( in 1966 , 1969–70 , 1973–74 and 1980–81 ) this ratio was never more than 100% . |
| 3 | European prices for memory chips , a key component of computers and other electronic equipment , are about to rise by 10–15% , according to estimates by Dataquest , a firm of analysts . |
| 4 | By 1985 between 10000 and 15000 software packages will become available for the owners of personal computers in Japan , according to estimates . |
| 5 | In total , Cornwall has produced some 2 million tonnes of tin , according to estimates . |
| 6 | According to estimates , China 's reserves of the rare earths amount to 100 million tonnes , about 70 per cent of the world total . |
| 7 | According to estimates there were then a mere thousand radio receivers in the entire country . |
| 8 | According to estimates . |
| 9 | According to estimates by the Reserve Bank of India , GDP growth was expected to fall back to 5-6 per cent during 1989-90 . |
| 10 | There were currently 6,000,000-8,000,000 worldwide of HIV infection , according to estimates given by Michael Merson , the recently appointed director of the WHO Global Programme on AIDS [ see p. 37474 ] . |
| 11 | According to estimates prepared in advance of the Assembly [ see also p. 38891 ] , the global average for life expectancy was expected to rise by four months a year over the next five years . |
| 12 | According to estimates from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) and local Red Cross committees , some 2,500,000 people from the former Yugoslavia were displaced by the end of July , and some 10,000 people from Bosnia were joining them every day . |
| 13 | According to estimates put out by the Reuters news agency , however , interest payments alone would have amounted to almost US$10,000 million for the year . |
| 14 | According to estimates by the UN Commission , the UK would have to spend DM3,500 million a year to meet the new targets , or DM2,900 million more than it had planned . |