Example sentences of "be widely [vb pp] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The over-reliance on occupational class , which is widely acknowledged to be of diminishing utility in stratifying many social groups , has falsely persuaded some commentators that inequalities in mortality are shallower among adolescents than at any other stage in the life cycle . |
| 2 | Britain 's clinical research is widely acknowledged to be in very bad shape . |
| 3 | The Booksellers and Publishers Associations are concerned that the trade and the public will be lulled into a false sense of security by recent press reports that the Prime Minister is taking control of economic policy and that he is widely believed to be against increasing taxes , including VAT . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the Court 's recognition of a pre-1788 land claim was widely believed to be of immense symbolic significance . |
| 5 | The group was led ostensibly by Duncan Sandys and the Progressive MP , Vernon Bartlett , but Winston Churchill was widely believed to be behind the movement . |
| 6 | However , the fact that the issue was raised at all by a US President , and in such an unequivocal manner , was widely considered to be of great significance . |
| 7 | There had been no improvement in productivity , retail prices went up by 1.5 per cent ( although the real level of inflation was widely thought to be at least double that ) , and wages remained static in real terms . |