Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] is estimated that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annually it is estimated that approximately 75 per cent of those aged 65 and over will visit their family doctor . |
| 2 | In Britain alone it is estimated that in excess of 150,000 people die every year from heart attacks and strokes . |
| 3 | CFCs are a fraction of the emissions of carbon dioxide but nevertheless it is estimated that , unless the Montreal Protocol is strengthened , CFCs will account for 13 per cent of global warming by 2030 . |
| 4 | Now it is estimated that some 38 per cent of people are literate — but the figure for women is only 22 per cent . |
| 5 | Consequently it is estimated that those aged 65 + account for 27 per cent of GPs ' time in 1981/82 as compared with 22 per cent a decade earlier . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |