I.nounCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the estimated cost (=one that is guessed and may not be exact)
▪ The estimated cost was in the region of £3,000.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
▪ It became essential to obtain an accurate estimate of just how many tigers were left.
▪ Thus half the effort of benefit-cost analysis would devolve upon the firm, whose owners' best interests dictate accurate cost estimates.
▪ Similarly, accurate estimates of the marginal costs of production are often very difficult to obtain.
▪ So even in 1966, the twelve-minute figure does not appear to have been an accurate estimate.
▪ The most reliable and accurate estimates can normally be obtained using one of the true cross-areal interpolation methods.
▪ Some leading Republican members of Congress said Friday they consider $ 825 million to be a more accurate estimate.
▪ All are now agreed that that proved to be a remarkably accurate estimate.
▪ Second, how can we be sure that it provides for an accurate and reliable estimate of that population?
average
▪ Results matched the average estimate from 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
▪ As with most groups, the average estimates for women are two to four times higher than those for men.
▪ Wall Street expected earnings of 71 cents, the average estimate of 12 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
▪ The results yesterday beat the average estimate of 19 cents, based on a poll of seven analysts by Zacks Investment Research.
▪ Analysts had expected it to earn 36 cents a share, the average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
▪ The results were in line with the average estimate of 71 cents a share from 13 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
conservative
▪ Even this conservative estimate of problem loans amounts to a striking 8% of the total loans in banks' portfolios.
▪ But on conservative estimates its size is likely to triple by 2025.
▪ At a conservative estimate the water was nearly a yard deep, even near the edge.
▪ Any differences that emerged could therefore be regarded as conservative estimates for the species as a whole.
▪ Duke reckoned it at a mile and three-quarters; the most conservative estimates put it at over a mile.
▪ By conservative estimates, the agency has pared 2, 200 jobs in the past two years through attrition and early retirement.
▪ All the data published on the effect of gill-nets on small cetaceans probably represents a conservative estimate of the number of deaths.
▪ A conservative estimate is that 6 percent are homeless.
current
▪ This is about a factor of 3 smaller than current best estimates of the neutron star radius.
▪ Under this arrangement, Faurer was responsible for current intelligence, estimates, scientific and technical intelligence, and research.
▪ But this slumped to a third quarter loss of £126 million. Current estimates suggest fourth quarter profits of around £24 million.
▪ Gummer admitted that current estimates of traffic growth, and hence traffic-related pollution, were incompatible with sustainability.
▪ Our current estimate of 70 cases per million population per year is certainly the minimum for the reasons described.
early
▪ He hadn't been dead for very long - my earlier estimate of around six hours will be somewhere near the mark.
▪ The earthquake registered a magnitude of 6.8, according to early estimates.
▪ This represented 8 percent of the total as against an earlier estimate of 5.6 percent.
▪ Our earliest estimate now is around mid-December.
good
▪ This is about a factor of 3 smaller than current best estimates of the neutron star radius.
▪ The best estimates are that Cairo has half a million roof dwellers.
▪ Downstream people must be willing to take risks based on their best possible estimate of the future.
▪ According to the best estimates, all this took place between 3. 7 and 4. 5 billion years ago.
▪ A star's spectrum thus contains thousands of peaks and valleys, which provide a good estimate of that star's composition.
▪ Taken together, they may be applied jointly to produce a better estimate of the cost of equity capital.
▪ We may expect to generate a better estimate by using pseudo-costs.
▪ But the best estimates now place them at about 350, 000 and growing rapidly.
high
▪ Total debt stock for 1990 was estimated at US$16,446 million, more than US$11,000 million higher than 1989 estimates.
▪ These steps give a higher estimate of X, as follows: 1.
▪ The differences are small, varying between 32,000 jobs a year being the lowest estimate, to 38,000 being the highest estimate.
▪ For these higher estimates nonconventional sources play an important role.
▪ He attributed the higher estimate to David Hartman, the Austin banker who ran against Whitehead in 1994.
▪ The figure is three time higher than previous estimates.
▪ The government said the change to chain weights was largely responsible for the higher estimate.
initial
▪ Spitfire restorations to airworthy status have notoriously exceeded initial estimates of timing and cost, irrespective of start point condition.
▪ An initial estimate was made of the typesetting combination responsible for the character.
▪ This figure lies on the high side of our initial estimate but two factors must be borne in mind.
low
▪ Neither the authorship nor the commission were known to Sotheby's then, and it too had a similarly low estimate.
▪ The differences are small, varying between 32,000 jobs a year being the lowest estimate, to 38,000 being the highest estimate.
▪ Fifteen dollars was clearly a low estimate.
▪ The instructor's low estimate of patron capability.
▪ When the bids were returned, the lowest estimate by far was from Hunts Point.
▪ Not that the difference between the lowest and highest estimate is of any significance.
▪ This August Committee Meeting accepted the lowest estimates for building the clubhouse and the workshop.
mean
▪ Population projections for 2050 range between 7.7 billion and 10.6 billion, with a mean estimate of 9.4 billion.
▪ The mean estimate provided by First Call was 33 cents.
▪ However, it received a mean accident estimate, 6.90, which is below the average for the 40 junctions.
▪ That beat a mean estimate of 88 cents a share based on forecasts of 20 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
▪ Both mean cost estimates have been compared between treatment groups, and the significance of any difference tested using randomisation test procedures.
official
▪ Some 800 grams of plutonium lie in the sediments of the Mururoa lagoon, according to official estimates.
▪ There was no official estimate of how many people were stranded or delayed.
▪ The latest figures for the disease are way above their official estimate for1992.
▪ Experts like Freyle claim the official estimate of casualties is way understated.
▪ It was the official estimate from the Soviet spokesman at the international conference at Vienna this year.
▪ For state and local governments, circumventing the glitch could cost more than $ 100 million, according to official estimates.
▪ Lovech was open from 1959 until April 1962 and interned 12,035, people according to official estimates.
▪ Of the 19,067 engines in stock in 1921-2, 64 percent were unusable according to official estimates.
original
▪ Always question any increase in price and ask why it was not included in the original estimates.
▪ This was unchanged from the original estimate reported by Insee on Nov. 29.
▪ Your original estimate, I think, was more realistic.
▪ Never mind that figure was four times the original estimate for the safety assessment.
▪ Nuclear power stations are notoriously unreliable and construction costs go way over original estimates.
▪ The original damage estimate was $ 10, 000, later raised to $ 100, 000.
▪ The original estimates are joined to the new ones by lines.
▪ The reinstatement was thorough, taking place over two years and costing much more than the original estimate.
preliminary
▪ A preliminary estimate suggests a likely ceiling of between 120 and 130 machines.
▪ The victory came at a cost, however. Preliminary estimates put the lawyers' campaign at nearly $ 14 million.
▪ The government will release a preliminary estimate of full-year gross domestic product tomorrow.
▪ Gans' preliminary estimate about the Tuesday turnout means the spurt four years ago was an exception to the trend.
previous
▪ Recent surveys show previous estimates of whale numbers to be wildly optimistic.
▪ This is a revision of the previous unofficial estimate, which was: everybody except A.C.
▪ This result is marginally bigger than the previous traditional estimate of 11p.
▪ There have been previous estimates that he had spent $ 12 million thus far.
▪ The figure is three time higher than previous estimates.
▪ The Board says that a new assessment of the polonium impact puts the risk at only one hundredth of its previous estimate.
▪ Again, the level of risk implied by this explanation seems inconsistent with the dosimetry and previous estimates of genetic risk.
▪ The uncertainty in the 12.5 billion year figure is 3.0, which encompasses most previous cosmological estimates.
reasonable
▪ Use the five steps and chart below to work out a reasonable estimate of the cost of rebuilding your home.
▪ The most difficult part of the job lies in developing reasonable estimates of the equations for the curves.
▪ Of this, 4 million cubic kilometres is a reasonable estimate for the freshwater we could extract.
▪ Suitable accounting policies applied consistently and making use of reasonable and prudent estimates have been used in preparation of the accounts.
▪ Radiometric dating has nearly reached the stage when we can make reasonable estimates at the stage, if not the zone level.
recent
▪ This far exceeds more recent estimates for 1983 given at the On-line conference in December.
▪ Reserves under the continental slopes are not included in these recent estimates.
▪ The most recent estimates suggest that Britain has a population of about 250,000 adult badgers and 105,000 cubs.
▪ The most convincing recent estimate records a fall in that proportion from 77 percent in 1905 to 61 percent in 1916.
▪ More recent estimates have varied wildly.
▪ A recent estimate suggests that members with farming and related experience are twice as numerous as those experienced in the park purposes.
reliable
▪ Sampling theory showed that reliable estimates of population characteristics could be arrived at using appropriately constructed samples.
▪ Quite sophisticated equipment and trained manpower is required to make reliable estimates.
▪ The most reliable and accurate estimates can normally be obtained using one of the true cross-areal interpolation methods.
▪ The practice is quite widespread, but no one has achieved any very reliable estimate of its scale, let alone a trend.
▪ Second, how can we be sure that it provides for an accurate and reliable estimate of that population?
▪ Better designed studies with more complete reporting of data would enable more reliable estimates of efficacy of treatment.
▪ How reliable are its estimates of security betas?
rough
▪ While the cost has yet to be calculated, rough government estimates show it likely will run to billions of dollars.
▪ One in 5,000 is a rough estimate.
▪ Calculate a rough estimate of interest at 1 percent per month.
▪ You should be able to give a rough estimate of how much work each stage of the case is likely to entail.
▪ As a rough estimate, the average number of records required per title is 5.
▪ A rough estimate of the current amount of housebuilding in towns of over 50,000 population is around 15 percent.
▪ It seems worthwhile to attempt such a semi-quantitative approach if only to give rough estimates of the parameters involved.
■ NOUN
cost
▪ The presentation of a complete proposal comprising system design, implementation plan and cost estimates must be made by 31 December 1984.
▪ But Boeing officials have said that cost estimates at this point are too premature to be credible.
▪ This, with the total cost estimate, is the basis for estimating the return on investment of the project.
▪ While this discussion was continuing, Schuster was still taking in the implications of the cost estimates.
▪ Both mean cost estimates have been compared between treatment groups, and the significance of any difference tested using randomisation test procedures.
▪ The architectural study by Hellmuth-Obata-Kassabaum would be used by construction managers to develop a more specific cost estimate by spring.
▪ Thus even if Capital cost estimates come out higher it would not greatly lower the gain associated with gas-coal conversion.
▪ Thus half the effort of benefit-cost analysis would devolve upon the firm, whose owners' best interests dictate accurate cost estimates.
■ VERB
based
▪ To supplement traditional budgetary methods, medium-term financial planning based on estimates of economic growth was advocated.
▪ Flight timings in this brochure are based on our best estimate and historic experience of airline flying programmes.
▪ Initial investments of this type are relatively easy to plan because they are based on actual estimates.
compare
▪ Researchers compared those estimates with the actual waiting times taken from a computerized database.
▪ This compares with structure plan estimates of need totalling 231,000 to 233,000 over the five-year period.
▪ But compared with past estimates, this one was a surprise.
▪ This could be compared with an estimate of the same prevalence from some previous survey to give a measure of secular change.
▪ On Tuesday, the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter earnings of 72 cents a share, compared with estimates of 88 cents.
▪ Rank orderings of difficulties and hazards with advancing age will be compared with estimates given by skilled driving instructors.
▪ Otherwise, actual profit on continuing operations is compared with the 120-day estimate.
exceed
▪ For these reasons a number of highly estimated lots failed to find buyers while others far exceeded their estimates.
▪ The profits exceeded analysts' estimates.
▪ Spitfire restorations to airworthy status have notoriously exceeded initial estimates of timing and cost, irrespective of start point condition.
▪ Kriegel was determined not to let the cost exceed the estimate without a fight.
▪ In all the funeral exceeded the bishop's estimate by over £540, amounting to £940 18s. 11d.
▪ This total of 84 million far exceeds all other estimates that we have seen.
▪ There was the rub - Rose Lipman complained they were exceeding the estimates.
give
▪ A cost of living index based more widely than on wheat, gives the estimates in Table 7.4.
▪ Q: Could you give us an estimate as to how many people were in the ditch?
▪ A builder will need to give an estimate for the building work.
▪ These steps give a higher estimate of X, as follows: 1.
▪ You should be able to give a rough estimate of how much work each stage of the case is likely to entail.
▪ Campbell did not give a dollar estimate of the damage in Grand Forks County.
▪ Current data on which regulatory decisions are based, because they are incomplete, give an imprecise estimate of risk.
▪ The company declined to give specific estimates.
make
▪ Quite sophisticated equipment and trained manpower is required to make reliable estimates.
▪ And with this data they then make an estimate of the current computation on allies or some such thing.
▪ Other surveys, including those carried out in relatively prosperous areas such as Bristol made similar estimates.
▪ Ideally, rehabilitation began with doctors evaluating patients and making estimates about the potential recovery of muscle use and strength.
▪ Since alcohol consumption may have varied with time, efforts were made to obtain estimates based on patient recall and chart review.
▪ As soon as a primary or secondary copy has been made, the estimate will be updated.
▪ I try to make a just estimate of myself as I do of everyone else, really.
▪ Radiometric dating has nearly reached the stage when we can make reasonable estimates at the stage, if not the zone level.
obtain
▪ It became essential to obtain an accurate estimate of just how many tigers were left.
▪ If this is the type of thing you had in mind I shall obtain an estimate from him.
▪ Similarly, we can obtain an estimate for the power spectrum on scales from bulk-flow studies.
▪ Typically organisations require employees to obtain two or three estimates and base their payment on the lowest one.
▪ Since alcohol consumption may have varied with time, efforts were made to obtain estimates based on patient recall and chart review.
▪ Since is a constant across countries you should obtain the same estimate of it in this second case.
▪ It is important to obtain detailed estimates.
▪ However, if it is felt that the estimate is excessive, an alternative estimate should be obtained.
produce
▪ The survey has produced the first national estimate of below tolerable standard houses derived from consistently applied methods.
▪ Taken together, they may be applied jointly to produce a better estimate of the cost of equity capital.
▪ Each year local authorities produce estimates of likely expenditure for the coming year.
▪ It is also hoped to produce estimates across the board up to 1962 as a contribution to the complete picture up to the present.
provide
▪ A star's spectrum thus contains thousands of peaks and valleys, which provide a good estimate of that star's composition.
▪ Table 3. 2 provides individual estimate for gaseous coal seams with the geometric mean used wherever a wide spread is given.
▪ We will be pleased to provide you with an estimate of these costs in advance, on request.
▪ Seismologists can also provide statistical estimates of the long-term seismic hazard.
▪ With regards to the expected Community Charge arrears at 1 April 1993, I have provided my best estimate.
▪ Faecal concentrations, however, provide only an indirect estimate of the drug available in the tissues.
revise
▪ Table 6.13 below shows a revised estimate of daily water use.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a ball-park figure/estimate/amount
a conservative estimate/guess
▪ Conservative estimates indicate at least 150 people were killed in the military coup.
▪ All the data published on the effect of gill-nets on small cetaceans probably represents a conservative estimate of the number of deaths.
▪ At a conservative estimate the water was nearly a yard deep, even near the edge.
▪ At a conservative estimate they had cost considerably more than she had just paid for her night's lodging.
▪ By even a conservative estimate, about 10,000 Dall's porpoise were harpooned each year from 1976 to 1987.
▪ I understand that is a conservative estimate.
▪ Narcotics agents believe a conservative estimate of the number of laboratories is between 200 and 300.
▪ On a conservative estimate, there are now about 5,000 books or articles that deal with it, at least in part.
▪ On this basis imitation tasks ought to be regarded as giving a conservative estimate of the child's grammatical knowledge.
an outside figure/estimate etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ According to a government estimate, the number of refugees is at least 18 million.
▪ According to some estimates, almost two thirds of the city has been destroyed by the earthquake.
▪ At a rough estimate, staff are recycling less than a quarter of the paper we buy.
▪ I'm allowing $300, but that's only an estimate.
▪ I've asked the builders to give us an estimate for fixing the roof.
▪ Officials said Huntcor's estimate of building costs was about $3 million more than expected.
▪ The final cost was £2000 higher than the original estimate.
▪ The paintings have been valued at $3.5 million, which is probably a conservative estimate.
▪ These are the figures, but they're only a rough estimate.
▪ This proposal represents a rough estimate of the cost of materials and labor.
▪ We're predicting a 10% rise in oil prices -- and that's a conservative estimate.
▪ We got two or three estimates on the car.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A number of estimates have been made of the effects of regional policy in terms of new jobs created directly and indirectly.
▪ But outside observers have been sharply scaling back their estimates.
▪ December sales will put earnings for the fourth quarter and all of fiscal 1996 below Wall Street analysts' estimates.
▪ Lovech was open from 1959 until April 1962 and interned 12,035, people according to official estimates.
▪ Q: Could you give us an estimate as to how many people were in the ditch?
▪ This leads immediately to an estimate of about 360,000 heavily employed trainers needed in addition to school, college and tertiary education staff.
▪ This was done by giving subjects a maximum number of accidents which their estimates could not exceed.
▪ With estimates as high as $ 200 billion, this is a very important question.
II.verbCOLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
analyst
▪ Some analysts have estimated the potential investment at more than $ 100 billion by companies with their sights set on productionsharing deals.
▪ Demand has been heavy and analysts estimated that Ford makes $ 10, 000 on each Expedition it sells.
▪ The company posted sales of $ 57million for 1994, and analysts estimate similar sales for 1995.
▪ Cavallari, the Adventis analyst, estimates that Napster accounts for 3 percent of all Internet traffic.
▪ That boosted the reported payroll increase by approximately 75, 000, some analysts estimated.
▪ Wall Street analysts had estimated net income of 41.
▪ Benefits analysts have estimated that companies now providing health insurance pay, on average, about 10 percent of their payroll.
▪ The company earned $ 1. 89 a share last quarter, 5 percent higher than analysts estimated.
cost
▪ Its cost is estimated as £77 million.
▪ The final costs were an estimated $ 66 million in public and private costs.
▪ Staff costs have not been estimated.
▪ There are no cost estimates for implementing the program.
▪ While the war was still in progress costs had been estimated lower, at between F5,000 million and F7,000 million.
▪ For four additional options considered, boiler conversion costs are estimated at $ 47 per kilowatt.
▪ Production will run into November and cost an estimated $ 20 million.
costs
▪ Financial environmental appraisal is used to estimate the potential costs and benefits of responding to shortfalls highlighted in other audits.
▪ Estimators working in the construction industry and manufacturing businesses have different methods of and motivations for estimating costs.
▪ Before proceeding to estimate the costs of corporate crime, one last distinction needs to be made.
▪ Sierra said of the estimated repair costs.
▪ Such software offers add-ons such as modules to estimate quantities, labour costs, and labour schedules.
▪ The program also provides recipes, a shopping list, estimated meal costs and a nutritional analysis of the recipes.
▪ This project will estimate the benefits and costs of wildlife habitats and compare the results using different valuation techniques.
department
▪ The Department of Energy estimates future NO2 emissions at up to 2.1 million tonnes by 2000.
▪ The fire department estimates that damage at 50 Congress St. is about $ 500, 000, Caron said.
▪ The Department of Energy estimates that 10 percent of our electricity could come from hot dry rock in 125 years' time.
▪ The Commerce Department estimates that figure will rise to $ 45. 8 billion by 2000.
▪ The Recreation and Park Department recently estimated 120 people camped in the park despite stepped-up police enforcement of anti-camping laws.
earnings
▪ Co. analyst Joseph LaManna slashed his 1995 earnings estimate to 73 cents a share from 95 cents.
▪ Computer and semiconductor stocks slid as three brokerage firms downgraded earnings estimates for Dell Computer.
▪ The consensus earnings estimate from analysts surveyed by First Call was $ 1. 14 a share, excluding the charges.
▪ Co. slashed its 1996 earnings estimate to $ 1. 00 a share from $ 1. 40.
loss
▪ Even with such a drastic cut, we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000.
▪ Gary Locke estimated losses totaling billions of dollars, as damage reports of highways, homes and businesses continued to trickle in.
▪ Extrapolating his results to the entire Nature Reserve, Onyeanusi estimated that the actual loss of biomass was low.
▪ Sales are down 10 percent this year, resulting in an estimated loss of $ 75 million for 1995.
▪ Mr Mayo estimates that loan loss reserves will have to be increased by a third, assuming an economic soft landing.
▪ He also estimates that the loss of revenue to schools over four years would be $ 1 billion.
▪ Now London was a glorious bust and overdue for consolidation, at an estimated loss of a hundred million dollars.
▪ One lawmaker estimated actual losses at $ 100 million.
number
▪ South Ossetia's nationalist fighters were estimated to number 3,000, although they had no united command structure.
▪ These weapons left over from wars and civil conflicts in 60 countries are estimated to number 100 million.
▪ For accident estimates this is as would be expected since subjects were specifically estimating the total number.
▪ Unfortunately, there is as yet no basis for estimating their total number or total mass.
▪ Guiraudios estimated that the number of Minitel terminals installed will reach 8m to 9m within the next four to five years.
▪ By estimating the expected number of each chromosome and comparing it with the observed number, any significant departures can be recorded.
▪ Today, he estimates, the number of collectors has dropped to about 50.
▪ Since then, the Amani Trust estimates that twice that number have been killed.
official
▪ Navy officials estimated that having one 911 emergency center for the San Diego bases will save $ 4. 4 million.
▪ But officials have estimated that at least 20 million pounds were brought into the United States illegally just last year.
▪ Parking and Traffic officials estimate the replacement project would take two years.
▪ Earlier, Democratic officials had estimated that there were several dozen.
▪ Federal officials estimate that the timber salvaged from Southeastern forests damaged by Opal will generate about $ 10 million.
▪ Utility officials estimated that 17,000 customers in the Seattle area were without power.
people
▪ Until recently, lower military officials had taken the blame for the estimated 3,000 people who were murdered or went missing.
▪ Earthquake and fires level San Francisco, killing an estimated 700 people.
▪ Thousands of slum-dwellers were killed, and an estimated 100,000 people were made homeless.
▪ An estimated 5, 000 people are currently active as music therapists.
▪ An estimated 150,000 people crossed when the bridge opened last Saturday-15 times the number expected.
▪ In all, an estimated 100, 000 people in San Diego work in telecommunications-related firms.
▪ An estimated 300,000 people were killed.
▪ An estimated 2, 500 people have survived crashes because their cars were equipped with air bags.
population
▪ The commission estimates the population on the basis of the electoral register - but is working with the artificially low 1991 registers.
▪ State biologists estimate its statewide population at 4, 000 to 6, 000, but exact figures are not known.
▪ When small samples are used to estimate population standard deviations, the results are biased in the direction of underestimation.
▪ Some historians have estimated a slave population in eighth-century Sussex of almost twenty thousand.
▪ Two years later it was estimated that the cod population amounted to no more than 1700 tonnes.
rate
▪ The firm's estimated successful assignment completion rate of 80% compares well with other leading firms.
▪ In 1860 John Phillips proposed 96m years, based on estimated rates of erosion and sedimentation.
▪ Unfortunately we are hardly yet in a position to estimate these rates in terms of years.
▪ I can be used to graphically estimate the rate of gas generation.
▪ Table 4 shows the proportion of individuals who have estimated hazard rates and reservation wages which fall with duration.
report
▪ The report estimates that about 234,000 shells have been imported since 1981.
▪ Sources said the report estimates that the Prop.
▪ Senate report in 1991 estimated Cheng's net worth at more than $ 30 million.
▪ A new report released yesterday now estimates the bill at $ 232. 02 million.
▪ Recent news reports have estimated that 150 remain.
▪ The report estimated first-year sales between 202, 000 and 236, 000 units.
sale
▪ Calloway estimated the sales potential of such a book at one million copies worldwide.
▪ Analysts estimate sales could reach $ 300 million a year once regulatory hurdles are cleared and full marketing gets under way.
▪ PelFreez estimates that rabbit sales have climbed a steady 10 to 20 percent over the past few years.
▪ The company posted sales of $ 57million for 1994, and analysts estimate similar sales for 1995.
▪ The report estimated first-year sales between 202, 000 and 236, 000 units.
▪ Analysts estimate similar sales for 1995.
value
▪ By calculating A, B and C it is possible to estimate the value which experiments should find.
▪ Most items sold for amounts within a few hundred dollars of the estimated value.
▪ In this chapter, we shall examine the nature of these two concepts and estimate their value for teachers.
▪ Jackson estimated the total potential value of these business opportunities at $ 200 million.
▪ Is this a record and by what percentage would you estimate it increases the value of my dwelling?
▪ The Independent Sector, which commissioned the poll, estimated the dollar value of their time $ 170 billion.
▪ With private companies, Datastream has estimated the value of the shareholdings in line with prevailing stock market values.
▪ The World Bank estimates that the value of this trade will be twenty times greater by 2005 than it was in 1994.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Analysts estimate the business earned about $135 million last year.
▪ At that point, the public sector deficit was estimated to be around £45 billion.
▪ Can you estimate how much fabric you will need for the curtains?
▪ His personal fortune is estimated at £150 million.
▪ Industry sources estimate the value of the ranch at $7 million.
▪ Our staff will help you estimate how much fabric you will require.
▪ Police estimate that over 10,000 people took part in the demonstration.
▪ The committee did not estimate how much such a program would cost.
▪ The mechanic estimated the cost of repairs at $350.
▪ The police department estimates that the number of violent crimes will increase this year by about 15%.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Analysts estimate sales could reach $ 300 million a year once regulatory hurdles are cleared and full marketing gets under way.
▪ As much as £750,000 extra in investment from Manchester and other northern councils was estimated to be available if the paper moved.
▪ At moderate speeds, Wade estimated, the topped-off tanks gave him a two-hundred-mile cruising range.
▪ He estimates that between 35- 41 percent of all useful land is affected by erosion.
▪ Lambert said the state has estimated that 75, 000 Texas families are educating their children at home.
▪ The real amount at risk is perhaps only 1 percent to 1. 5 percent of the notional figure, bankers estimate.
▪ Ultimately biliary cirrhosis results and the median survival has been estimated to be 12 years.
▪ Up to 60, 000 temporary jobs are expected to pump an estimated $ 2 billion in wages into the local economy.