Example sentences of "[noun] it is estimate that " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the last ten years it is estimated that the NRO has spent more than $50 billion , none of it accountable . |
| 3 | Over eighteen years it is estimated that the farm yielded around £50,000 net profit . |
| 4 | At this rate it is estimated that poachers could finish off Zimbabwe 's last rhino by the end of 1994 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In Britain it is estimated that eighty-three per cent of these carers have no outside help whatsoever . |
| 7 | Around Britain it is estimated that there are now 180,000 single people without a permanent home who live in temporary shelters , hostels or on the streets . |
| 8 | In the case of Mercury it is estimated that , just as is the case today ( Figure 8.2 ) , the slightly higher cratering rate than on the Moon has been a feature of the last few 1000 Ma . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In the first year it is estimated that the new law saved 200 children from being killed or seriously injured . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In the USA it is estimated that about 80 per cent of collective agreements are confined to employees of a single company and about two-thirds are limited to a single plant ( Cohen , 1975 ) . |
| 15 | By extrapolation it is estimated that , over one year , there were 16 acute admissions to hospital from the practices per 1000 registered population , a figure identical with that in the third national morbidity survey . |
| 16 | Even with the present trade restrictions it is estimated that we spend more than £350 million on liquor abroad every year . |
| 17 | At the St Pierre Park it is estimated that the oven system will have paid for itself inside 18 months . |
| 18 | In the UK where a comparatively large amount of research has been carried out into wave power it is estimated that with wave generators along the 1,450 kilometre coastline , 50% of the UK 's electricity requirements could be supplied . |
| 19 | FLOORS It is estimated that 15 per cent of home heat is lost through timber floors . |