Example sentences of "estimated that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 2 | It was estimated that $85,000,000 of this would go to Drexel 's fixed creditors , while the remainder would be split between the various litigants at the discretion of the court and Securities Exchange Commission . |
| 3 | US intelligence had estimated that North Korea could have nuclear weapons ready by 1993 and that it was taking action to hide the existence of components from possible international inspection . |
| 4 | Where it is estimated that road noise on properties will be greater than the recommended maximum level of 68 dB ( A ) , noise intrusion should be reduced by the formation of earth mounds wherever possible and landscaped as part of the roadworks . |
| 5 | It has been estimated that signing up to the social charter would have cost Britain a minimum of £5,000 million a year , decreased competitiveness and increased unemployment . |
| 6 | It was estimated that Exxon 's 1989 operation had left up to 7,000,000 gallons of oil ( of the 11,000,000 gallons originally spilt ) in the affected area , largely on its coastline . |
| 7 | It is estimated that smoking causes some 100,000 premature deaths every year [ 1 ] . |
| 8 | It is estimated that smoking causes 100,000 premature deaths every year [ 1 ] . |
| 9 | It has been estimated that Mozart probably received around 750 gulden from his various publishers in the last year of his life — a sum roughly comparable to Haydn 's annual earnings from publications , and by no means meagre . |
| 10 | Planners have estimated that belts of trees would have to be some 100 metres deep to reduce noise significantly . |
| 11 | Crime has always been with us and Halling was no exception and it has been estimated that Kent 's crime rate in the 13th century was higher than any other county , and a statement by Prof. James Given , of Michigan , says that the percentage of murders at 23 per 100,000 in Kent was higher than the U.S.A. average of today . |
| 12 | Brian Moss of Liverpool University has estimated that phosphate levels in rivers of lowland England are 100 times the natural background , and nitrogen levels are 10 times background . |
| 13 | If that rate of increase continues it is estimated that methyl bromide could account for one-sixth of ozone loss by 2000 . |
| 14 | The Department of Education and Science has estimated that state schools have a £3 billion backlog of repairs . |
| 15 | It was estimated that families in Easthall were paying £1 million between them each year heating the sky above Glasgow because as soon as they turned on the heat , it went straight out their windows and walls . |
| 16 | It has been estimated that childhood protection from the sun ban reduce the risk of skin cancer in later life by 78% . |
| 17 | It 's estimated that 80% of burglaries are committed by casual opportunists , and in three out of ten thefts the burglar does n't have to use force to gain entry — open windows and unlocked doors make life very easy for him . |
| 18 | But in 1990 , it was estimated that Japan 's drift net fishery was responsible for the deaths of 41 million sea creatures other than those it was seeking to catch . |
| 19 | It has been estimated that agents and distributors alone , acting on behalf of overseas companies , handle over half of the world 's overseas trade . |
| 20 | When fast scoring is discussed , there is one name which comes up more often than any other , and which should , in fairness , have been the first to have been entered on this teamsheet. it has been estimated that Gilbert Jessop — ‘ The Croucher ’ — made his runs at an average rate of 80 per hour , a phenomenal statistic . |
| 21 | It is estimated that changes at both Broughton and Filton have already saved £100,000 a year in transport costs . |
| 22 | One glazier has estimated that windows for the 370 ft , 27-storey office block , where 90 people are busy clearing the gaping frames , could cost up to £3 million . |
| 23 | By 1793 it is estimated that West Prussia — the area that now contained Danzig and Pomerania — had a total population of around 647,000 . |
| 24 | Under ideal conditions it was estimated that ice formation could exert a maximum pressure of around 200 MPa ( at which point the freezing temperature is -22°C ) , but it was appreciated that this theoretical maximum pressure could never be attained under natural conditions , not the least because it far exceeded the tensile strength of most rocks ( around 25 MPa ) . |
| 25 | Eyewitnesses had estimated that Paton was travelling at speeds of between 60mph and 70mph seconds before the fatality on 15 October , 1991 . |
| 26 | It has been estimated that OPEC supplied approximately 50 per cent of the market 's funds in the 1970s . |
| 27 | It was estimated that closure would result in a net saving of roughly £2,923 per annum . |
| 28 | It was estimated that Canada 's 1990 wheat crop was 28,600,000 tonnes , the second largest recorded , and 4,200,000 tonnes more than in 1989 . |
| 29 | It has been estimated that 10% of the scientific literature is never cited ( Price 1965 ) . |
| 30 | It is estimated that agreement on the whole GATT package could increase global economic activity by $4,000 billion within a decade . |