Example sentences of "[ex0] be estimate to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discovered in 1855 , there are estimated to be only 1,000 specimens left in the wild . |
| 2 | There are estimated to be about 6,000 Shar Peis in the world now . |
| 3 | In 1986 there were estimated to be 1.6 million children living in one parent families — one in eight of all dependent children . |
| 4 | By 1986 there were estimated to be about half as many people in informal work as are employed in the formal sector . |
| 5 | There were estimated to be 260 in Brighthelmstone ( Brighton ) , 173 in Lewes and 300 in Rye , held together by their own sense of righteousness . |
| 6 | At the end of December 1990 there were estimated to be more than 92,000 neighbourhood watch schemes in England and Wales , covering nearly 5 million households . |
| 7 | There were estimated to be 250,000 tonnes of carcinogenic PCBs in Europe . |