Example sentences of "it is widely [verb] [that] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These days , it is widely assumed that monitoring of firms by close , caring banks is a better way to run things than the arms-length institutional ownership of America and Britain . |
| 2 | It is widely assumed that restoration of intestinal continuity inevitably results in a better quality of life for the patient , but that is not necessarily the case . |
| 3 | It is widely assumed that Elders will not bother to hold on to any Scottish shares and its 23.7 per cent stake will be acquired and used as the springboard for a bid . |
| 4 | Former Irish international Dr Geraldine Barniville from Dublin has been nominated as the new president but it is understood that Ulster 's Billy Bell and Paddy McAuley the outgoing treasurer and secretary will not be standing for election. , It is widely acknowledged that Paddy McIlroy , past president of Ulster , and the outgoing Irish vice-president , made a major contribution in drafting the new constitution and by-laws . |
| 5 | On the other side , it is widely believed that Kerr 's ambitions are backed by money belonging to Jack Gillespie , a director of Rangers . |
| 6 | It is widely believed that people become less productive as they get older . |
| 7 | It is widely believed that Mr Holmes a Court , the so called Perth predator , is keen to buy Dalgety 's extensive Australian land interests . |
| 8 | It is widely believed that Scuderia Italia will merge with Minardi next year . |
| 9 | It is widely observed that patients with food intolerance often have candidiasis as well — and those whose main problem is Candida often turn out to have food sensitivities . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , it is widely recognized that exchange rate adjustments within the EMS will only become less frequent if the economic performance and the economic policies of member countries are converging and consistent . |
| 11 | It is widely rumoured that Pillsbury and Ruth Carter Stevenson , an influential trustee of the National Gallery , did not get on , and also that several National Gallery staffers were , in the words of one curator , ‘ absolutely terrified ’ at the prospect of Pillsbury 's appointment , the general feeling being that ‘ heads would roll ’ in a grand sweep . |
| 12 | It is widely expected that bondholders will then be asked to convert some of their holdings into a new convertible preference share . |
| 13 | For example , it is widely held that Egas Moniz was stimulated into developing the now largely abandoned technique of controlling psychological disorders by the use of psychosurgery after hearing about the ‘ beneficial ’ side-effects of frontal lobe removal in chimpanzees . |
| 14 | It is widely conjectured that Stalin himself planned the murder of Kirov . |