Example sentences of "[pron] [is] estimate that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the West Mercia force , which polices Hereford and Worcester , it 's estimated that on average , one officer is attacked every day . |
| 2 | Yet it 's estimated that about one in five of us is affected . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is estimated that for every cigarette you smoke you shorten your life span by five minutes . |
| 6 | It is estimated that for women to give up work to look after disabled relatives cost earnings of 8,500 if they had no children and about 7,000 if they had . |
| 7 | In the services , it is estimated that for every front-line soldier there are twenty people in support . |
| 8 | In the UK alone , over £40 million per year is spent on tranquillizers , and it is estimated that at least 3 million people are addicted to them Some drugs affect appetite and also increase the need for vitamins and minerals . |
| 9 | It is estimated that at least 10,000 children and their parents are involved in the trauma of accidental poisonings every year . |
| 10 | It is estimated that as a general rule these stores will accommodate about 3,500,000 sq ft of timber , or about 300,000 cub ft . |
| 11 | One in four products from the chemist will contain chemical compounds derived from rainforest plants , and it is estimated that to date only one per cent of rainforest plants have been screened for medical use . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | It is estimated that in rural areas four million people live more than five miles from a CAB . |
| 14 | It is estimated that in the years 1896–1913 German landholdings declined by over 98,000 hectares , 20,000 of which were in and around Danzig . |
| 15 | The Chairman of English Heritage noted that , together with the £2 million awarded last year , the present sum will help maintain the buildings for posterity , ( although it is estimated that in all £185 million is needed for essential repairs over the next decade ) . |
| 16 | In Britain alone it is estimated that in excess of 150,000 people die every year from heart attacks and strokes . |
| 17 | Yet women are less likely than men to leave paid employment at the statutory retirement age ; it is estimated that in 1990 22.7 per cent of women between the ages of 60 and 64 were economically active , compared with 14.4 per cent of men aged 65–9 ( Tinder , 1991 ) . |
| 18 | It is estimated that in south-east Asia , some third or two-thirds of the residual trees are damaged irreparably while up to a third of the area is left as bare ground , often compacted by the forestry machinery . |
| 19 | 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 ) |
| 20 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |