Example sentences of "generally [vb pp] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kantor 's method for identifying causes of unavailability is generally recognized to be the most accurate , and has been refined to demonstrate linear relationships between various non-availability categories . |
| 2 | FOUR years old is generally considered to be a reasonable age for learning to ski . |
| 3 | Other women joined in saying , some in detail , what they would do to the German soldiers , and one woman , generally considered to be a part-time prostitute , boasted that she could see off any German . |
| 4 | ‘ To have intercourse with a woman who is not your wife is , even today , not generally considered to be a course of conduct which the law ought positively to encourage and it can be argued with force that it is only fair to the woman and not in the least unfair to the man that he should be under a duty to take reasonable care to ascertain that she is consenting to the intercourse and be at the risk of a prosecution if he fails to take such care . ’ |
| 5 | At that time , however , in the face of Senate opposition , Gates withdrew after the opening round of confirmation hearings , in what was generally considered to be an attempt to avoid answering detailed questions concerning his involvement in the Iran-contra scandal [ see p. 35187 ] . |
| 6 | Most drama training works on the assumption that there is something called ‘ standard English ’ , which is generally considered to be the ‘ straight ’ delivery of words without affectation or regional variation . |
| 7 | Phylloxera is generally considered to be the greatest disaster in French viticultural history , but in some respects it has also been a blessing . |
| 8 | There was a time in advertising when the writer was generally considered to be the senior partner of the creative team of writer and art director . |
| 9 | Whether or not he would eventually have become chief executive is academic : the move to Provincial seems to have met a need to apply what is generally considered to be the sharp mind and highly effective set of skills of this simultaneously affable and well-organised character to a more absorbing challenge . |
| 10 | Speculation that Oh , generally considered to be the most powerful man in North Korea aside from Kim Il Sung and his son , might have died or been demoted was dampened by his inclusion as a Vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission . |
| 11 | Their room for manoeuvre , however , was judged to be limited because the budget was generally considered to be the product of the constraints which the Democrat-dominated Congress had imposed in October 1990 on domestic and defence expenditure [ see p. 37768 ] . |
| 12 | On May 19 Shin Kanemaru , leader of what was still generally considered to be the Takeshita faction in the LDP , announced that his grouping would field a candidate for the LDP leadership election in October . |
| 13 | The Leninist theory of capitalist expansionism is generally considered to be the orthodox Marxist position . |
| 14 | The transfer of goodwill is generally considered to be the single most important factor ( see Luckey v Hockley [ 1966 ] 2 KIR 17 ; Douglas v Merchants Facilities ( Glasgow ) Ltd [ 1966 ] 1 ITR 374 ; Seymour v Barber and Heron [ 1970 ] 5 ITR 65 ; Bonser v Patara [ 1967 ] 2 ITR 76 ) , but not an overriding one , in support of the transfer as a going concern . |
| 15 | Although desiccation is generally considered to be the most lethal influence in larval survival , there is increasing evidence that by entering a state of anhydrobiosis , certain larvae can survive severe desiccation . |
| 16 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 17 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 18 | The ability to be able to pull nine G which is er generally accepted to be the physiological limit for pilots , which is more than any of our aircraft can . |
| 19 | Some art historians detect the hand of Leonardo himself on the canvas , and it 's now generally accepted to be the most perfect version of the Last Supper in existence . |
| 20 | Slim 's is generally reckoned to be the best small gig in San Francisco , maybe because there 's a ‘ brew-pub ’ opposite which sells real bitter . |
| 21 | Ian Wright , Alan Smith and Kevin Campbell are generally reckoned to be the most potent strike force in the Premier League . |
| 22 | Leopardstown is generally reckoned to be the model for the new Down Royal stand and there are certain similarities I must confess . |
| 23 | Example In an essay on an eighteenth-century play , which has argued that the women in the play are generally seen to be a source of disruption or confusion , you could conclude by asking whether women are general sources of disruption , broadly understood , in eighteenth-century drama . |
| 24 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 25 | The complex structures of the Gower Peninsula , and in particular the Cefn Bryn and Bishopston thrusts , are generally thought to be the continuation of the Front south of the South Wales coalfield . |
| 26 | A bad press highlighted what were generally agreed to be a politician 's weak points ; a good press encouraged people to give politicians even higher ratings on their generally acknowledged strengths . |
| 27 | This can be assumed , quite fairly , to be the beginning of the acknowledgement of the rights of ownership , generally agreed to be a good thing when protected from definable abuse . |
| 28 | Venice was generally agreed to be a sort of honorary kingdom . |
| 29 | The Admiralty stood its ground on the principle of always maintaining a balanced fleet , based on a limited number of capital ships , which , in 1957 , were generally agreed to be the aircraft-carriers . |
| 30 | The front-runner is generally agreed to be the Multiple Non-Transferable Ticket System ( No Refunds ) , which is currently used in Iceland , Bosnia , and parts of Turkey . |