Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [coord] [was/were] widely [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Thus , Gore was seen by many as an ideal candidate and was widely expected to have won the nomination if he had sought it .
2 The new party aimed to present a viable alternative to the existing groupings but was widely expected to take part with the BNP in forming an anti-Awami League alliance .
3 A 12-hour general strike in Caracas , the first for 31 years , was organized on May 18 by the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers ( Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela — CTV ) in protest at the economic measures and was widely observed .
4 In December he supported the formation of a new Moslem organization ( the Association of Moslem Intellectuals ) , which united a broad spectrum of Moslem interests and was widely expected to be the basis of support for his candidacy in 1993 [ see p. 37919 ] .
5 American elder ( Sambucus canadensis ) is a closely related species and was widely used by American Indians as a folk medicine .
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