Example sentences of "[pron] is generally regarded as " in BNC.

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1 This latter region produces a type referred to as rasht silk , which is generally regarded as the best in the world .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 He is generally regarded as one of the best two or three fast medium bowlers in English annals .
6 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 .
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