Example sentences of "estimate that [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report estimated that 75 per cent of local authorities would have insufficient resources to implement the government 's community care proposals . |
| 2 | This ( majority ) section of the white population had been considered to be especially resistant to change , but analysts estimated that 62 per cent of Afrikaners participating voted " yes " ( compared with 79 per cent of the English-speakers ) . |
| 3 | For example , Eckholm ( 1976b ) estimated that 77 per cent of El Salvador had severe erosion , and Low ( 1967 ) estimated that 87 per cent of Peru was losing more than 10 t. /ha/p.a. of topsoil . |
| 4 | Taking all age groups it estimated that 74 per cent of women stayed in very or fairly often . |
| 5 | Cole with Utting ( 1962 , Chapter 5 ) estimated that 76 per cent of single and widowed women over pensionable age in Britain in 1959 were living in poverty ( defined as less than £3.50 per week ) . |
| 6 | At the CD-ROM Europe Conference in 1990 , Charles Oppenheim of Reuters , estimated that 80 per cent of all CD-ROM readers were then located in libraries , mainly those with academic or professional specialisms . |
| 7 | For example , Eckholm ( 1976b ) estimated that 77 per cent of El Salvador had severe erosion , and Low ( 1967 ) estimated that 87 per cent of Peru was losing more than 10 t. /ha/p.a. of topsoil . |
| 8 | The British Medical Association estimated that 20 per cent of abortions were criminal and using that figure David Glass calculated that a total of 68,000 criminal abortions took place in 1935 . |
| 9 | It estimated that 90 per cent of the manpower , 85 per cent of the tanks , 95 per cent of the artillery and 85 per cent of the combat airpower were provided by NATO 's European members . |
| 10 | In Britain it is estimated that eighty-three per cent of these carers have no outside help whatsoever . |
| 11 | It is worth emphasising again the ‘ dark ’ statistics of unreported crime , which is particularly relevant here where it has been estimated that 70 per cent of computer crime is unreported , because of the fear of loss of public confidence in the financial institutions concerned . |
| 12 | The business gift sector is characterised by seasonal demand , and it is estimated that 80 per cent of this business is conducted in the last two months of every year . |
| 13 | The World Wide Fund for Nature has estimated that 14 per cent of the known 200 species are highly endangered and could be extinct by the year 2000 and that 34 per cent are becoming increasingly vulnerable . |
| 14 | The whole of Radnor , most of Brecknock and much of Montgomery lacked this facility , and it was estimated that 14.5 per cent of the population of rural Wales was without effective public transport to work . |
| 15 | It has been estimated that 65 per cent of the deals are spot and the remainder are forward deals . |
| 16 | Water supplies to more than 1.7 million consumers currently exceed the EEC maximum level for nitrate ( 50mg per litre ) , and the Water Authorities Association has estimated that 9 per cent of farm land in East Anglia and the Midlands will be penalised by proposed EEC legislation to stop the rise of nitrates in deep ground waters . |
| 17 | In Britain there are 100,000 convictions annually for driving under the influence of drink and it has been estimated that 20 per cent of all hospital admissions are associated with alcohol in some way . |
| 18 | It was estimated that 20 per cent of the grape harvest had been lost . |
| 19 | By 1949 the world 's airlines had carried over twenty million paying passengers , by 1956 the figure had reached over sixty million and it was estimated that 90 per cent of the world 's land surface could be reached by the traveller . |
| 20 | Latin America 's nutritional levels are higher than in many other parts of the Third world , and yet it is estimated that 15 per cent of the region 's children suffer from medium to high-level malnutrition , which means , given the differences within the region , high levels in some areas ( López Cordovez 1982 ) . |
| 21 | FLOORS It is estimated that 15 per cent of home heat is lost through timber floors . |
| 22 | By 1975 it was estimated that seven per cent of the population would be under fifteen and thirty per cent would be over sixty , compared with twenty-five per cent and twelve per cent respectively in 1938 , ( Charles , 1935 ) . |
| 23 | It is estimated that 60 per cent of the rural population of Latin America lives in conditions of poverty ( ECLAC/FAO 1985 ) . |
| 24 | It has been estimated that 60 per cent of the fascist elite had been members of the armed forces and over 40 per cent saw active service in the first World War . |
| 25 | It was also estimated that 60 per cent of the fruit and vegetable crop had been lost , although this could be blamed in part on almost continuous rain between late August and October in the main vegetable-growing belt of central European Russia , Byelorussia and the north Ukraine , with the result that crops had rotted in waterlogged fields . |
| 26 | As it is estimated that 25 per cent of schoolchildren will have a sight problem that needs attention ( Optical Information Council ) it is essential that vision screening procedures should be effective . |
| 27 | In America , it is estimated that 25 per cent of paperback sales are through supermarkets ; the romance title is rigorously marketed like any other brand-name ; like chocolate bars , the newest variety is given prominence on the sales stands . |
| 28 | It is estimated that 24 per cent of Mediterranean beaches are unsuitable for swimming because of the sewage risk alone . |
| 29 | It is estimated that 40 per cent of Zulus support chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . |
| 30 | Freeman ( 1980 ) estimates that 80 per cent of Bolivia 's farmlands and grazing areas are eroded in varying degrees , and rangelands are degraded down to 10 per cent of their original productivity . |