Example sentences of "it is generally [verb] that [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach . |
| 2 | Myths abound in the heroin community as to the meaning of ‘ notification ’ and ‘ registration ’ and it is generally assumed that all ‘ official ’ agencies are in league with one another . |
| 3 | It is generally assumed that all spreadsheets will benefit from fast calculation but this is n't necessarily so . |
| 4 | It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo-Norman ballad first written on the roll . |
| 5 | Many claims are received in respect of cigarette burns to furniture , carpets etc. and although there has been no actual ‘ fire ’ , it is generally accepted that such claims can be considered as fire damage . |
| 6 | It is generally accepted that each person , man and woman , is made up of both masculine and feminine qualities , and it appears that in some lifetimes the masculine will have been predominant while in others it will have been the feminine . |
| 7 | As a corollary , it is generally accepted that many marginal social groups , especially economically-depressed ethnic minorities , also have high rates of crime . |
| 8 | Although the number of expatriates who voted is not known , it is generally accepted that those who take the trouble to register are likely to vote . |
| 9 | It is generally accepted that this theory accords better with the view of modern science and is superior to that of Kant . |
| 10 | It is generally accepted that most of the Siberian peoples were organized in clans , each of which traced descent from a common ancestor , and that marriage within this kinship group was forbidden . |
| 11 | It is generally accepted that most of this is , of necessity , spent rather than saved , and hence the consumption of household goods is either increased or prevented from falling . |
| 12 | It is generally accepted that most colorectal carcinomas arise from adenomatous tissue , which usually but not always assumes the form of polyps . |
| 13 | Consumer public relations depends on using to the full this part of the media and it is generally accepted that any consultant working in this field will have contacts within the appropriate media . |
| 14 | He wrote ‘ It is generally acknowledged that all organic beings have been formed on two great lines , unity of type and the conditions of existence . |
| 15 | With the current financial structuring of the service , even in trusts , until it is generally recognised that more than just a pen and speculum are required in gynaecological outpatient clinics the value of outpatient surgery will not be realised . |
| 16 | The working paper dealing with this topic argues that ‘ it is generally recognised that some prescribing is wasteful or unnecessary expensive . |
| 17 | It is generally conceded that such words have at least a Component of meaning that resists truth-conditional treatment ( Grice , 1975 ; Wilson , 1975 ; Levinson , 1979b ) . |
| 18 | It is generally agreed that these redshifts are caused by the expansion of the Universe . |
| 19 | The effect of the Sicilian experience on Yeats is disputed by Yeats scholars , but it is generally agreed that some effect there was . |
| 20 | There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll . |
| 21 | It is generally supposed that this is because he is on his death-bed , and his gift of making conversation has already ebbed away . |