Example sentences of "is widely regard [subord] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As with support in the other direction , although it is widely regarded as legitimate for parents to look to their children , it is also possible for them to overstep the boundaries , and the way in which support is requested and delivered is important .
2 But it is rich that John Major should talk of earning honours when his own Government is widely regarded as inept in so many ways .
3 But even setting aside such terminological differences , it remains true that whether or not any animals employ symbolic representations is widely regarded as doubtful .
4 ‘ American culture ’ is widely regarded as inferior to ‘ European culture ’ , even as a threat .
5 He will reject what a conventionalist accepts as law only in special cases , when a statute is old and out-of-date , for example , or when a line of precedent is widely regarded as unfair or inefficient , and it is difficult to see what of value is then lost .
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