Example sentences of "it [is] estimate [that] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's estimated that 5,000 Somalian children are dying every day ; 3 every minute . |
| 2 | It 's estimated that each day another three species are lost for ever . |
| 3 | 40 escalators out of service over the 270 stations , but fret not ; it 's estimated that all will have been repaired by 1996 . |
| 4 | It 's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year . |
| 5 | In fact it 's estimated that most of the major cave systems in the world today started life between 10,000 to two million years ago . |
| 6 | Worst affected is Somalia , where it 's estimated that three children are dying every minute . |
| 7 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 8 | Badger-baiting is at an all-time high in East and North Yorkshire and it is estimated that each year in Great Britain as many as 9,000 badgers meet a premature death . |
| 9 | RECYCLED PAPER It is estimated that certain plastics will take over 400 years to disintegrate , so that is why we are introducing more recyclable plastic , which can be melted down and re-used . |
| 10 | Between the surrender and December 1948 the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce retail price index rose by 4000 per cent and it is estimated that black market prices increased at double this rate . |
| 11 | It is estimated that 60,000 sites are worthy of scheduling . |
| 12 | In the Indian subcontinent , where large numbers of people work on the land , it is estimated that many thousands of people die from snake bites every year . |
| 13 | It is estimated that two-thirds of those with impaired hearing suffer from tinnitus , but it is almost unknown in the born deaf who have never experienced sound . |
| 14 | And yet it is estimated that two-thirds of companies fail to employ their quota of registered disabled and only two government departments employ 3 per cent disabled . |
| 15 | Exports of the bird have increased sharply in recent years ; last year it is estimated that 500 of the remaining 2,000 birds were exported from Indonesia , while 200 more died in an Indonesian export house . |
| 16 | In the UK , it is estimated that 1 in 4 people are overweight , grade 1 obesity , the major reasons for dieting are cosmetic and a sense of well-being . |
| 17 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 18 | It is estimated that three-quarters of the region 's population eat pies regularly both at home and outside . |
| 19 | In Britain it is estimated that eighty-three per cent of these carers have no outside help whatsoever . |
| 20 | IT is estimated that all employees who originally applied to participate in Heartwatch will have undertaken an appointment by the middle of this year . |
| 21 | The hard disk is now down to 50% , and it is estimated that all non-Accounts files will be off the system by the end of June . |
| 22 | It is estimated that one heavy rainstorm could bring disaster . |
| 23 | Of an edition of Luther 's Bible printed in Wittenberg in 1534 , it is estimated that 100,000 copies were sold in forty years . |
| 24 | However , even in the present stage of battery technology and without recourse to any of the many new battery types under test at present it is estimated that due to the preponderance of short trips ( this is in an industrialised country equivalent in size to the UK ) 70% of present fuel consumption in cars could be substituted by use of battery vehicles . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is estimated that 1,000 courses were built in England in 1990 alone . |
| 27 | It is estimated that 1,000 units could be sold at £1 each . |
| 28 | In the intervening years it is estimated that 111 died while trying to escape and a further 77 lost their lives on the Berlin Wall itself , with most of these deaths occurring in the 1960s . |
| 29 | This is particularly apparent in Central America , where it is estimated that seasonal migrants make up 70 per cent of the labour force employed in agriculture . |
| 30 | It is estimated that 40 per cent of Zulus support chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . |