Example sentences of "[pron] be generally regarded as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm generally regarded as a lost cause by now . ’ |
| 2 | First , emphasize the importance of extinct groups ( n =29 , marked with an asterisk ) , many of which are generally regarded as major bodyplans , but may have morphological characters that could reveal more clearly relationships between disparate extant phyla . |
| 3 | This latter region produces a type referred to as rasht silk , which is generally regarded as the best in the world . |
| 4 | The Transport and General Workers ' Union also contains about 11000 farm workers in its agricultural section , but the majority of these are located in Scotland and it is the NUAAW which is generally regarded as the industrial union for farm workers in England and Wales . |
| 5 | It is significant that the Prussian army , the most successful and admired of the age , used a heavy musket which was generally regarded as the worst in Europe . |
| 6 | The type of front-line workers who are generally regarded as paraprofessionals have always been important participants in social service activities throughout the world . |
| 7 | There was a relative abundance of recent information on the totemic beliefs of the supremely ‘ simple ’ hunting and gathering Australian Aborigines , who were generally regarded as , in Frazer 's phrase , ‘ humanity in the chrysalis stage ’ . |
| 8 | Mr Smith , who is generally regarded as the clear favourite for the leadership , suggested that the ‘ misrepresentation ’ of Labour 's tax policy might well have caused some people not to support it . |
| 9 | Also drawn from the party 's senior ranks were Boldin , the head of the CPSU central committee 's general department , and Revenko , the Ukrainian CP committee first secretary in Kiev , who was generally regarded as a conservative . |
| 10 | The former Labour Party leader , Prime Minister and Defence Minister Itzhak Rabin , who was generally regarded as a hardliner , surprised delegates with his affirmation that Israel would have to give up " some kilometres of land in exchange for peace " . |
| 11 | Traditionally , therefore , building societies have been extremely reluctant to grant women mortgages on their own , since they are generally regarded as a bad risk on the grounds of their present or future income . |
| 12 | It is generally regarded as a native of south-east Europe and Asia Minor , Doubt surrounds the timing of its introduction to the British Isles , but the earliest record of its presence was made in 1562 . |
| 13 | He is generally regarded as one of the best two or three fast medium bowlers in English annals . |
| 14 | Nothing was new in this White Paper : it was emphasized that it provided an outline of a long-term strategy rather than a programme of rapid action , so it was generally regarded as a due statement of concern and good intentions , and little more . |
| 15 | Even though Owen was intelligent ( he could impress his teachers on occasions ) , he was generally regarded as a ‘ problem child ’ with special needs . |
| 16 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 17 | The examples do not identify the article or journal concerned , but each example has happened to me or my coauthors during submissions to what are generally regarded as quality journals . |
| 18 | In other words , Britain has been ruled by a government of what is generally regarded as the normal British kind — a single-party government with a majority in the House of Commons , capable of getting its measures on to the statute book without open or tacit agreements with any other party — for only 54 of the 84 years of this century . |
| 19 | The need to brand what was generally regarded as a commodity led Robert Wiseman Dairies to launch a black and white ‘ Friesian ’ identity which is consistently applied on all merchandiseable items , lorries , milk floats and stationery . |