Example sentences of "it is estimated that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer , lager four times as profitable . |
| 2 | During this period , it is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered in the communal violence that flooded the country . |
| 3 | It is estimated that about 75 per cent of the union 's members in Hackney and Tower Hamlets voted in the ballot , supported officially by NUT national leaders . |
| 4 | It is estimated that the cost of completing the excavation and related research will be about £40,000 . |
| 5 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 6 | It is estimated that the worm population in the average herbaceous garden is about a quarter of a million per hectare , which is roughly a hundred thousand per acre . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It is estimated that his corporate empire , whose interests also include Swan lager , a stake in British Satellite Broadcasting and one of Australia 's largest television groups , has more than £4 billion worth of debts . |
| 9 | It is estimated that every year more than 200 billion tonnes of carbon are exchanged between the atmosphere , living things and the ocean in a natural cycle . |
| 10 | It is estimated that its completion alone will increase lorry traffic across frontiers by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 11 | It is estimated that some 9m now work the equivalent of a full year in agriculture — of which 65% are men and 35% women — although nearly 18m still have an attachment to the land . |
| 12 | It is estimated that about a third of the population of Germany perished in the struggle . |
| 13 | It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000 . |
| 14 | In Ireland , for example , it is estimated that some 25% of all forestry workers also farm ; elsewhere , such as in the west of Scotland and in the Islands , fishing is very often a complementary occupation for many small farmers while in southern Italy whole communities live by fishing alone . |
| 15 | It is estimated that agreement on the whole GATT package could increase global economic activity by $4,000 billion within a decade . |
| 16 | It is estimated that more than 100,000 people now visit the Locks and their surroundings annually . |
| 17 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ) . |
| 20 | It is estimated that 60 per cent of the rural population of Latin America lives in conditions of poverty ( ECLAC/FAO 1985 ) . |
| 21 | If present trends continue , it is estimated that around 1 in 4 children will experience the divorce of their parents before they reach 16 ( Haskey , 1990 ) . |
| 22 | It is estimated that by the end of the century only about half of all British children will experience conventional family lives — parents married at the time they are born and continuing married until they are grown up ( Kiernan & Wicks , 1990 ) |
| 23 | In Britain in 1991 it is estimated that there are 8,838,000 persons aged 65 and over ( and more than 10 million of pensionable age ) , representing some 15.8% of the total population . |
| 24 | In 1991 it is estimated that the young elderly represent 56% of all elderly persons , and further proportionate falls are anticipated . |
| 25 | Over one and a half million pensioners ( 15% ) , claimed the means tested top up Income Support in 1989–90 , and it is estimated that a further 0.9 million were eligible , but did not claim . |
| 26 | It is estimated that only 20 per cent of cases of sexually transmitted disease are seen in the specialist clinics . |
| 27 | It is estimated that as much as 98% of dioxin intake by humans comes to us through the food chain , notably meat , milk , fish and eggs . |
| 28 | In 1980–1 , a fairly typical year , the grant from the Ministry of Agriculture for land-drainage schemes , including some urban work , amounted to about £30.5 million , of which £23.7 million was allocated to the water authorities , while the rest went to internal drainage boards and local authorities.2 In that year it is estimated that the water authorities spent around £40 million on capital drainage schemes for agriculture . |
| 29 | They also reduce land loss , since it is estimated that channels with 50 per cent tree and shrub cover on both banks require only approximately half the width for a given volume of bankfull flood-water speeding through the channel , compared to treeless brooks which erode out into the adjacent fields . |
| 30 | It is estimated that for every pound a farmer spends on fertilizer on his fields , he can expect the rain to wash away a good fifty pence-worth . |