Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [be] widely [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past it has taken great efforts by the Merseyside and Greater Manchester police to keep supporters apart in what is widely thought to be the most intense antagonism in the League . |
| 2 | As a result , the waste is in danger of continuing to be stored in what are widely regarded as inadequate facilities . |
| 3 | Shaikh Saad urged Kuwaitis to overcome their political differences and promised , in what was widely believed to be a reference to the restoration of the 1962 constitution , that " the people of Kuwait can only be rewarded for their trust and loyalty by further trust " . |
| 4 | Abe was a prominent candidate for the leadership in October 1987 , but eventually withdrew in favour of Noboru Takeshita , in what was widely believed to have been an agreement that he would succeed Takeshita after his two-year term . |
| 5 | Subsequently , Matiba 's wife and daughter were attacked on June 14 at their home in what was widely seen as an attempt to intimidate |
| 6 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to give its efforts to improve relations with other countries greater domestic and international credibility , the Albanian government hosted a visit to Tirana by the Secretary-General of the United Nations , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , on May 11-13 , when held talks with Alia and other senior officials and also visited other parts of the country . |
| 7 | In what was widely seen as a veiled attack on the French government , the Moroccan authorities blamed the disturbances on " a conspiracy of foreign countries " . |
| 8 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to draw Israel into the conflict , Iraq had launched a number of missile attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa [ see pp. 37936-37 ; 37984 ] . |
| 9 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to exact vengeance on Clinton , Nichols had issued a federal lawsuit which claimed that the Governor had had extra-marital affairs with at least five women , and that he had misused official funds in entertaining them . |
| 10 | The parties of the centre-right coalition suffered substantial losses in nationwide local elections on Oct. 18 in what was widely seen as the voters ' initial verdict on the austerity measures . |
| 11 | In what was widely regarded as the most significant foreign policy decision since 1945 , the Riksdag vote was 198 to 105 with 26 abstentions . |
| 12 | In what was widely regarded as a politically motivated action Kitangan was arrested in January 1991 and charged with corruption . |
| 13 | In what was widely regarded as a defiant challenge to President Mobutu Sese Seko , on Aug. 15 delegates to the national conference elected as Prime Minister Etienne Tshisekedi , leader of the opposition Democratic Union for Social Progress ( UDPS ) . |
| 14 | The four Cambodian factions represented on the all-party Supreme National Council ( SNC ) had met in Beijing , the Chinese capital , on Nov. 7-8 in what was widely regarded as a last-ditch attempt to save the UN plan from virtual collapse . |
| 15 | In what was widely regarded as an attempt to deflate the extraordinary personality cult which had grown up around him since his cancer was publicized , the King referred indirectly to his own mortality . |
| 16 | In what was widely described as the worst civil unrest since independence , rioting erupted in Bamako , the capital , on Jan. 21 after the police banned two anti-government demonstrations demanding political reforms and the introduction of multiparty democracy . |
| 17 | In what was widely interpreted as an attempt to influence pre-trial public opinion , Barry portrayed himself as a victim of harassment by the white establishment , but warned that the prosecution case would founder in the event of only " one juror saying " I 'm not going to convict Marion Barry , I do n't care what you say " " . |
| 18 | On Dec. 6 , in what was widely interpreted as a desperate attempt to revitalize his government , Hawke replaced Treasurer John Kerin with Ralph Willis , hitherto Finance Minister . |
| 19 | In what was widely interpreted as a bid for electoral advantage — securing Florida 's 25 electoral college votes was seen as essential if Bush was to win re-election to the White House — the President also announced that the government would provide 100 per cent federal reimbursement to local authorities for recovery operations , rather than the 75 per cent customary in such cases . |
| 20 | These rather unusual troops figured prominently in later engagements , sometimes being hurled against the Iraqis in what were widely described as ‘ human waves ’ , recalling reports of the technique employed by the Chinese in the Korean war , in a bid to sweep away the Iraqis by sheer fervour and weight of numbers . |