Example sentences of "was generally [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the fiasco of the EDC , the French National Assembly was generally regarded as being the place where the Treaty of Rome would stand or fall , particularly as the Fourth Republic was entering its final prolonged crisis , with ever weaker governments struggling to survive . |
| 2 | Before the advent of molecular genetics , screening of newborns in the United Kingdom was generally regarded as ethically unsound because no treatment was available ; it offered little advantage to the family other than the possibility of terminating all subsequent male fetuses , more than half of whom would be normal . |
| 3 | But this evidence was generally regarded as inconclusive by the scientific world . |
| 4 | In Hong Kong itself the political model put forward by the subcommittee was generally regarded as inadequate and designed to permit little more than token democracy . |
| 5 | Described by Economy Minister Zelia Cardoso de Mello as a " deepening " of the government 's economic policies , the announcement of the plan , issued by presidential decree on Jan. 31 , was generally regarded as marking the failure of the anti-inflation measures introduced in March 1990 by President Fernando Collor de Mello [ see pp. 37312-13 ] and it was opposed by businessmen , bankers and trade union leaders alike . |
| 6 | At the meeting on the fourth of November we referred to in paragraph four point eight , the use of permits was generally recognized as worthy of consideration . |
| 7 | Indeed , Vlasov 's report on May 18 was generally assessed as lacklustre . |
| 8 | Accordingly managed floating was generally adopted when the adjustable peg was abandoned . |
| 9 | Until recently differences in the rate of crime between the sexes was generally explained as being due to biological or psychological differences . |
| 10 | Several had considered maths or engineering , or both ; maths was generally dismissed as ‘ too theoretical ’ , while engineering was dismissed as ‘ too applied ’ : physics was held to be the perfect happy medium — applied enough to be ‘ relevant ’ ( a favourite adjective amongst both the science and the arts students ) , but theoretical enough to be stimulating and demanding . |
| 11 | Bullock 's call for worker-directors was generally derided as utopian . |
| 12 | The Section d'Or , on the other hand , was generally accepted as being Cubist in character . |
| 13 | This threat held serious consequences for the government of Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa , as support from the Takeshita faction had been an essential ingredient in his election to the leadership of the party , and was generally seen as essential to his continued survival in the post . |
| 14 | The move was generally seen as intended to draw centrist voters away from the conservative parties in the 1993 elections . |
| 15 | The new council set up to reform the judiciary fell under the control of the Supreme Court , which was generally seen as being heavily under the influence of Cristiani 's right-wing ruling National Republic Alliance ( Arena ) . |
| 16 | There was an " alternative Left " surfing mainly among the ruins of the ILP and in the Labour League of Youth which was generally described as " Trotskyist " by its opponents in the mainstream of the Left . |
| 17 | The legend , ‘ Doniert rogavit pro anima ’ carved upon it was generally interpreted as , ‘ Doniert entreats prayers for his soul ’ . |
| 18 | This statement was generally interpreted as meaning that only military action could save the Yugoslav federation . |