Example sentences of "what be generally [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legitimacy … does not deal so much with whether activities of government are lawful as whether they accord with what are generally perceived to be or what have for long been held up to be , the fundamental principles of the constitution according to which government is or ought to be conducted . |
| 2 | Consider what were generally believed to be the policy implications of the NAIRU hypothesis . |
| 3 | A bad press highlighted what were generally agreed to be a politician 's weak points ; a good press encouraged people to give politicians even higher ratings on their generally acknowledged strengths . |
| 4 | One is its con-sonance with what is generally acknowledged to be one fundamental principle of justice : that like cases should be treated alike . |
| 5 | Cecil chose what is generally believed to be safe stock . |
| 6 | It is these positive examples of what is generally taken to be a negative force that have given rise to such concepts as ‘ white ’ ( i.e. good ) witchcraft ; they are part of our European tradition and lend a certain credence to Margaret Murray 's exaggerated presentation of a satanic underground cult of evil co-existing with orthodox Christianity . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed this selection of propositions reads like a summary of what is generally taken to be de Man 's contribution to the theory of language . |
| 8 | The popularity of the area , which attracts some 2000 hired boats and 3000 private craft in the summer months ( Crawford 1985 ) , is gradually causing the impoverishment of what is generally considered to be one of Britain 's most attractive wetland areas . |
| 9 | Whether or not he would eventually have become chief executive is academic : the move to Provincial seems to have met a need to apply what is generally considered to be the sharp mind and highly effective set of skills of this simultaneously affable and well-organised character to a more absorbing challenge . |
| 10 | The result was that United Brands had to abandon what was generally acknowledged to be a highly efficient distribution system , arguably to the detriment of consumer welfare . |
| 11 | With his television news background and now intimate knowledge of Middle East drugs trafficking , Coleman helped Ross and Silverman prepare what was generally considered to be as balanced and authoritative a survey of narco-terrorism as the media had ever presented to the American public , a contribution which they both generously acknowledged on several occasions afterwards and which subsequently led to Coleman 's appearance on NBC News after the Flight 103 disaster , although neither of them were aware then or before of his DIA/NARCOG affiliations . |
| 12 | At that time , however , in the face of Senate opposition , Gates withdrew after the opening round of confirmation hearings , in what was generally considered to be an attempt to avoid answering detailed questions concerning his involvement in the Iran-contra scandal [ see p. 35187 ] . |