Example sentences of "estimated to [be] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It comes after a national survey revealed one in four 15 year olds smokes regularly and that sales of cigarettes to children are estimated to be worth around £70m a year . |
| 2 | The repair bill for public-sector accommodation is estimated to be at least £20 billion in 1986 prices ( Association of Metropolitan Authorities , 1986 ) , a year in which total capital spending amounted to about £5.5 billion . |
| 3 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 4 | In early December 1990 the Defence Department had released an internal report which cited " errors of judgment and failures of supervision " in the programme which was estimated to be at least $1,300 million over budget and 18 months behind schedule . |
| 5 | At the end of February total casualty figures among the 700,000-strong allied force were estimated to be at least 131 killed in action and 100 in accidents or other incidents . |
| 6 | In a report published on April 10 , Charles Schumer , the Democratic chairman of the Congressional sub-committee on crime and criminal justice , stated that the costs of capturing Noriega ( estimated to be at least US$164,000,000 ) and putting him on trial ( estimated at US$20,000,000 ) paled in comparison to the " unprecedented costs " incurred by the prosecution in plea bargaining deals with scores of convicted drug traffickers and other convicted criminals to build its case [ see p. 38429 ] . |
| 7 | The yew tree is estimated to be at least two thousand years old and required drastic surgery to make it safe . |