Example sentences of "[was/were] estimated to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1986 there were estimated to be about half as many people in informal work as are employed in the formal sector . |
| 2 | At the end of December 1990 there were estimated to be more than 92,000 neighbourhood watch schemes in England and Wales , covering nearly 5 million households . |
| 3 | In the mid 1960s annual world catches of beluga were estimated to be around 5000 — 6000 , and 20 years ago in the USSR alone , catches were 3000–4000 . |
| 4 | Volunteer labour was needed to reduce the cost of the construction of 66 games facilities to $18,000,000 , at a time when Cuba 's international reserves were estimated to be less than $100,000,000 and the national debt stood at $7,000 million . |
| 5 | Out of some 50,000,000 deaths worldwide in 1990 46,500,000 were estimated to be directly associated with disease . |
| 6 | The upper critical field was estimated to be about 800,000 times stronger than the earth 's magnetic field , advantageous for applications of the superconductor . |
| 7 | The angle of view was not measured accurately , but was estimated to be about 70° i.e. near the optimum viewing angle . |
| 8 | In rural areas , however , literacy in any language was estimated to be only 20 per cent . |
| 9 | In these areas the turnout was estimated to be only 10 per cent . |