Example sentences of "felt to [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interviewers are free to ask |
| 2 | The measures were felt to be particularly harsh by those catholic parents who were getting involved with the All Children Together movement . |
| 3 | This , however , has been felt to be rather ironical since , although he is critical of idealism and maintains a formal commitment to empirical rationalism , it is Hobhouse who in fact calls for the greater degree of state intervention . |
| 4 | They will suffer still more communication deprivation if ‘ uneconomical ’ public telephones are withdrawn from villages ; yet , sadly , in the early 1980s many rural public telephone boxes are being removed by British Telecommunications , in spite of campaigns to retain them , because they are not felt to be economically viable . |
| 5 | The poignancy of the situation is increased because love and longing themselves are felt to be so close to aggression . |
| 6 | Indeed , the idea that women might take control of their desire to the point where men come to be judged as objects of pleasure is felt to be so threatening as to be tabooed . |
| 7 | Very shortly after the declaration of war with Spain on 25 April 1898 the Quartermaster approved two new jackets for optional undress and field use by officers , both presumably being felt to be more practical than the smart but confining stand-collar coat of 1895 . |
| 8 | The former could cover all cases but it is felt to be more appropriate to use fairness in the context of , for example , company inspectors , or immigration officers . |
| 9 | Ford Q1 is a total quality commitment and in many ways is felt to be more difficult to achieve than BS 5750/ISO 9000 . |
| 10 | The sufferings of the young when first they go away from home and try to hold their own with cruel contemporaries are felt to be very great even when they are not . |
| 11 | In particular , the process of consultation , and the provision within the Act to challenge service charges , were felt to be very difficult to enforce . |
| 12 | The increase was even felt to be too great : in 1964 , when British groups reached 212 , it was decided to slow down the growth in the UK — not to ‘ act upon the ephemeral enthusiasms of an odd individual ’ , but to go for quality . |
| 13 | The Department of Defense refused further co-operation , the risk of a hostile audience reception being felt to be too great , and there was perceived to be an indifference to the war created by television news saturation . |
| 14 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 15 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 16 | Elderly men clammed up when Barley asked questions in the presence of his assistant , who was felt to be too young ; men rushed howling from the room when he casually asked about circumcision in a sister 's presence . |
| 17 | To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace . |
| 18 | Previously , Kiss have had to print different sleeve for the German market because their distinctive logo was felt to be too close to the nazi SS emblem . |
| 19 | Previously , Kiss have had to print different sleeve for the German market because their distinctive logo was felt to be too close to the nazi SS emblem . |
| 20 | Group 2 's justification for this was echoed unanimously : ( c ) and ( g ) were felt to be too repetitive to be placed side by side . |
| 21 | If the parent of the opposite sex was unconsciously seductive with this adult when a young child , and if the excitement of the love of and for this parent was felt to be too dangerous , or was disapproved of by the parent of the same sex , passion and excitement within marriage may continue to be forbidden by an inner imperative . |
| 22 | Central government was felt to be too remote from the people ; they lacked a sufficient sense of participation in its affairs and were beset by a sense of unresolved grievance . |
| 23 | When the issue has not been discussed because it is felt to be too painful to talk about or because it is considered an unsuitable topic of conversation , then there may be problems . |
| 24 | One possible answer is that in periods of structural change major upheavals and dislocation are felt — a crisis is obvious — whereas in the intervening years changes occur smoothly and are felt to be less dramatic . |
| 25 | With lowered voice the vibrator could be felt to be less active , and the sound-level meter would show the lower volume of sound . |
| 26 | ( Active sportsmen — and active bandsmen ‘ too , for the companies encouraged the colliery bands — were felt to be less likely to engage in ‘ subversive ’ union and other activity , and inter-village rivalries were encouraged : Waller , 1983 , p. 197 , p. 208 . ) |
| 27 | This was undoubtedly due partly to the war and partly because the statutes contained criteria which were felt to be less justiciable : if the minister stated that a regulation concerning trademarks was necessary for securing the safety of the realm the court would not adjudicate upon this . |
| 28 | Bridges are being built between different confessions , and a new atmosphere of mutual respect is slowly helping to find ways of overcoming what were once felt to be absolutely irreconcilable differences . |
| 29 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 30 | Some of the changes were felt to be long overdue , such as a scale 3 second in department for English , and it was not always clear whether the appraisal had been the driving force behind a particular change or whether it had simply brought some long-standing problems to urgent attention . |