Example sentences of "[pron] are generally [vb pp] as " in BNC.

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1 Since the conventions offer an imperfect guide to the subject at hand , it is necessary to look at some of the other types of sources which are generally recognised as being useful in establishing what the law is , and in relating it to specific situations and technical developments .
2 This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality .
3 We will not go into great detail on the dangers of using statistics here but merely point to some precautions which must still be taken even when using statistics which are generally regarded as reliable .
4 Cars which are generally regarded as highly desirable , such as convertibles , will enjoy the most dramatic change in their fortunes .
5 Such transgressions range from the socially acceptable parking on the ubiquitous yellow lines to the stigmatising drunken driving and eventually to offences which are generally regarded as morally reprehensible .
6 Their fossil remains seem to occur with other animals and plants , which are generally accepted as terrestrial .
7 Professor Colin Bell , of Edinburgh University 's sociology department , said : ‘ The conference represents a unique opportunity for the doctors and nurses who care for people who are generally regarded as being ‘ hopelessly ill ’ to get together with lawyers , philosophers and sociologists to discuss the very real dilemmas — social , legal and medical — posed by such people .
8 Although they are generally regarded as being tender , many gardeners in cold northern areas have reported these plants to have survived several recent winters without harm .
9 They are generally seen as anti-competitive and necessitating legislation to proscribe them , since they almost invariably create the detrimental effects of monopoly without engendering the benefits .
10 Because it straddles ( though less symmetrically than its title implies ) what are generally conceived as two distinct musical periods , this fine study will probably be selected only rarely as ‘ essential ’ reading for a history course , given that such courses almost invariably observe the traditional boundaries .
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