Example sentences of "[pron] [is] generally [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legitimate waging of armed conflict is now confined to self-defence — an exception which is generally permitted in municipal law . |
| 2 | They have a written agenda , which is generally published in advance together with the Notice of the Meeting ( see figure 29 ) . |
| 3 | This lack of continuity and , in reality , lack of co-ordination and co-operation , is a state of affairs which is generally mirrored in other countries , although in Eastern Europe national programmes of user education may be making some headway in obviating this problem . |
| 4 | It is this sort of person who is always allowed the best seat on coaches , is given cigarettes , whose suggestions concerning strategies in conflict situations are always most heeded , and who is generally held in the highest esteem . |
| 5 | It is generally accepted in the 1990s that no academic library can be self-sufficient , and that academics must move around for materials ( see Chapter 11 on ‘ weeding ’ ) . |
| 6 | Partly because of this kind of situation , it is generally accepted in the United States that conventional credit scoring systems do not reliably discriminate between good and bad payers either among people on very low incomes or among people in the 18 to 25 age group . |
| 7 | It is generally done in a vertical packed bed reactor , in which water is passed down the column , with air passing up the column . |
| 8 | Although empirical research ( for example , Boaden , 1971 ) suggests ‘ that the financial relationship has [ not ] decreased the decision-making autonomy of individual authorities , it is generally believed in local government that it has led to increased , and increasing control over local government as a whole ’ ( Alexander 1982a , p. 148 ) . |
| 9 | But it is generally thought in the trade that the agreement has been abrogated by the Ivory Coast . |
| 10 | " Many property groups have recently been in difficulties , and it is generally known in the City that the Ingard group has not been doing well . |
| 11 | It is generally used in an exclusive rather than an inclusive sense . |
| 12 | Again this is a distortion of what is generally happening in the courts , where sentences are lighter than this average , so newspaper readers have contrasting images of many acquittals and many long sentences . |