Example sentences of "it [is] estimated " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it 's estimated that about one in five of us is affected . |
| 2 | It 's estimated that each day another three species are lost for ever . |
| 3 | 40 escalators out of service over the 270 stations , but fret not ; it 's estimated that all will have been repaired by 1996 . |
| 4 | Now , with unemployment set to reach two million by Christmas , they are no longer welcome and it 's estimated that over 60 per cent are unemployed . |
| 5 | Yet it 's estimated that in about 90% of house burglaries , the thief entered with very little effort . |
| 6 | It 's estimated that around 700 people die in house fires in Britain each year . |
| 7 | In fact it 's estimated that most of the major cave systems in the world today started life between 10,000 to two million years ago . |
| 8 | It 's estimated to be 30% of the job . |
| 9 | It 's estimated that 80% of burglaries are committed by casual opportunists , and in three out of ten thefts the burglar does n't have to use force to gain entry — open windows and unlocked doors make life very easy for him . |
| 10 | It 's estimated we each eat over 100lbs of sugar a year — that 's not-so-sweet calories ! |
| 11 | In Glasgow , for instance , it 's estimated that one in five men never eats vegetables of any kind and one third of the population never knowingly consumes fruit . |
| 12 | In the West Mercia force , which polices Hereford and Worcester , it 's estimated that on average , one officer is attacked every day . |
| 13 | It 's estimated that the trade is worth up to £1.5 million a year , with huntsmen collecting , on average , around £5,000 a year and in some cases as much as £20,000 . |
| 14 | It 's estimated that there are over 2.5 million people in debt in Britain , their debts can range from getting behind on hire purchase agreements to substantial mortgage arrears . |
| 15 | It 's estimated that one in three of us will end up caring for someone . |
| 16 | It 's estimated there are up to a thousand homeless people in Swindon … and the Breakfast Club is seen as one way to make life more tolerable … |
| 17 | Worst affected is Somalia , where it 's estimated that three children are dying every minute . |
| 18 | It 's estimated that 5,000 Somalian children are dying every day ; 3 every minute . |
| 19 | It 's estimated the repair budget needs around two million pounds to take Gloucestershire off the road to ruin |
| 20 | It 's estimated that the workers will be travelling back and forth from France until Christmas . |
| 21 | It 's estimated that the earthquake in India has claimed twenty thousand lives . |
| 22 | It 's estimated that half a million pounds worth have been smuggled out of the country already this year . |
| 23 | It 's estimated the case trial has cost up to a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 24 | It is estimated that keg beer is twice as profitable as cask beer , lager four times as profitable . |
| 25 | During this period , it is estimated that half a million people were slaughtered in the communal violence that flooded the country . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is estimated that the cost of completing the excavation and related research will be about £40,000 . |
| 28 | It is estimated that seventy thousand old barns survive , many in poor condition . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |