Example sentences of "[adv] estimated to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also estimated to be twice as prevalent among the southern states of the Community , reflecting differences in the structure of the local economies , levels of taxation , cultural attitudes and the effectiveness of official controls . |
| 2 | The global demand is now estimated to be over 1000 million tonnes . |
| 3 | A hundred and thirty thousand London homes destroyed , so the precise number of homeless is now estimated to be around only a quarter of a million . ’ |
| 4 | There are now estimated to be around 50 in the Moscow area , and 100 in the Russian federation as a whole . |
| 5 | There are now estimated to be about 760,000 minke whales in the Antarctic , up from less than 200,000 in the early 1970s , and some supporters of whaling argue that the increase in minke numbers is putting pressure on food stocks and hampering the recovery of more seriously endangered whale species . |
| 6 | The additional defence costs of the Gulf conflict , to be spread over several years , are currently estimated to be about £2.5 billion . |
| 7 | Petrol prices are currently estimated to be about 48p a litre for four-star and about 44 p a litre for unleaded petrol . |
| 8 | The world 's population , currently estimated to be about 5,300 million , was expected to increase by another 1,000 million by the year 2000 . |