Example sentences of "it is commonly [vb pp] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is commonly believed that the intestinal microflora plays some role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis but no aetiological agent has been identified and there are only relatively minor alterations to the balance of the faecal flora . |
| 2 | It is commonly assumed that the strategy of ‘ area bombing ’ — indiscriminate attacks on largely civilian target ‘ areas ’ , usually in city centres — failed in its express aim of undermining and destroying the morale and will to resist of the German people and instead merely stimulated such an intense hatred of the enemy that the bonds between regime and people were strengthened , not weakened . |
| 3 | Furthermore , it is commonly argued that the courts can fail to place a proper actuarial value on potential pension benefits and that ( typically in pursuit of a ‘ clean break ’ ) a divorcing wife 's loss of potential benefits can be ‘ traded off ’ or glossed over against her need for a home . |
| 4 | It is commonly rumoured that the King was on his way to stay with his new wife , Queen Yolande , at a nearby manor . |
| 5 | Thus although it is commonly suggested that the notion of certainty is relevant to the analysis of claims to knowledge , but not to the analysis of knowledge itself ( e.g. , in Woozley , 1953 ) , this leaves us with no method of explaining why certainty should be required before one can claim knowledge when it is not required for knowledge itself , i.e. , for the existence of what one is claiming . |
| 6 | It is commonly thought that the motif of the Third Reich was an inverted Swastika , a deviation from the original ancient design . |
| 7 | Today it is commonly held that the Soviet economy is an albatross — an albatross in the form of heavy military outlays , hard currency imports , and a lengthening backlog of consumer demands . |