Example sentences of "[noun sg] be estimated to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of February total casualty figures among the 700,000-strong allied force were estimated to be at least 131 killed in action and 100 in accidents or other incidents . |
| 2 | Britain 's stock of plutonium from the civil power programme is estimated to be enough to build 14000 missile warheads . |
| 3 | At best , GDP growth in the Community resulting from the internal market programme is estimated to be of the order of 6 per cent . |
| 4 | This effect is estimated to be only 17% in Model 3 . |
| 5 | In the North York Moors National Park , bracken is estimated to be encroaching into the moorland at a rate of about 120 hectares a year . |
| 6 | It stood at 13 per cent in Brixton in early 1981 and ‘ for black people , the percentage is estimated to be higher ( around 25 per cent ) ’ . |
| 7 | The business is estimated to be doing about $200m a year , and a key attraction for the Cupertino company is that Texas sells almost exclusively through resellers , and Hewlett-Packard sees big potential in mobilising that army to take on board its own computer products as well . |
| 8 | Erosion may be very considerable , but , because the area of net measurement of soil movement is large , sedimentation may occur within the same unit and therefore net erosion is estimated to be small ( see also Blandford 1981 ) . |
| 9 | The widening of the franchise , albeit within the confines of the PCC , whose membership was estimated to be 600,000 , was seen as an important step and offered some hope to opposition groups campaigning for a future independent parliament . |
| 10 | The total county population was estimated to be 600 pairs , and an increase was evident in some areas during the survey . |
| 11 | Around 10 per cent of Albania 's population was estimated to be Catholic . |
| 12 | For example , only 10 per cent of vandalism and 12 per cent of theft from the person were estimated to be reported , while for burglary , the estimated percentage was 41 per cent and for motor vehicle theft 86 per cent ( Mayhew et al . |
| 13 | The yew tree is estimated to be at least two thousand years old and required drastic surgery to make it safe . |
| 14 | The haul is estimated to be worth thirty thousand pounds , but the money means little to her . |
| 15 | The worldwide yearly sulphur output is estimated to be between 50 and 75 million tonnes and is concentrated in the industrial regions . |
| 16 | The labour supply would have been reduced by about 5 per cent and the reduction in potential output was estimated to be some 3–4 per cent of the gross national product . |
| 17 | In these areas the turnout was estimated to be only 10 per cent . |
| 18 | In the mid 1960s annual world catches of beluga were estimated to be around 5000 — 6000 , and 20 years ago in the USSR alone , catches were 3000–4000 . |
| 19 | This potential demand is estimated to be of the order of 600,000 , and if it becomes clear that the housing market has bottomed out and house prices are rising once more , it could provide significant support to the housing market . |
| 20 | If ventilation rate is estimated to be 4 l/min this is equivalent to an excretion of about 140 ml/24 h in breath . |
| 21 | Given the fact that the minke 's reproduction rate is estimated to be between 1 and 4 per cent per year , this would allow an annual sustainable catch of over 7,000 . |
| 22 | For each primary pupil estimated as being in a household where the child , or the head of household , was born outside the United Kingdom , Eire , the United States or the Old Commonwealth , the Authority receives an extra £274 ; if the pupil is estimated to be in a household which is lacking amenities or overcrowded , is in a one-parent household , has four or more dependent children under the age of 16 , where the head is semi-skilled , unskilled or a farm worker , or whose family is in receipt of Supplementary Benefit , the authority accrues an additional £137 on each count . |
| 23 | In 1980 , the illiteracy rate was estimated to be 40 per cent of the population over the age of fifteen , with a further 15 per cent semi-literate . |
| 24 | In the proliferation compartment , the labelling fraction was 30% , and the crypt cell birth rate was estimated to be 3 cells per 100 cells per hour . |
| 25 | The incidence is estimated to be 2.5/100000/year with a prevalence of 20/100000 . |
| 26 | In Northern Ireland , such spending is estimated to be in the region of £3m and it is this figure that is three times the Agency 's £1m a year budget . |
| 27 | In agriculture , which still occupied 27 per cent of the workforce , underemployment was estimated to be high . |
| 28 | The repair bill for public-sector accommodation is estimated to be at least £20 billion in 1986 prices ( Association of Metropolitan Authorities , 1986 ) , a year in which total capital spending amounted to about £5.5 billion . |
| 29 | The US contribution of $70 million is likely to come from a NASA programme to support international collaboration , and the overall cost to the European agency is estimated to be within the budget of £260 million . |
| 30 | The Gooding-Sanken company will be located at Aberaman in the Cynon Valley where unemployment is estimated to be 21 per cent — the highest in south Wales . |