Example sentences of "it [is] generally supposed that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is generally supposed that while Paisley , Beattie , Foster , and such people wish to maintain the evangelical ethos , the younger generation of Peter Robinson , Jim Wells , Jim Allister , and others recruited through the Queen 's University branch of the DUP want to create a mass popular party by playing down the evangelical elements in the party platform and by pursuing more respectable methods of political action . |
| 2 | Although it is generally supposed that the first truly mechanical escapement was of the verge-and-foliot type found in various church clocks throughout Europe , the earliest escapement of which we have definite detailed knowledge is that of the clock designed for the Abbey of St Albans c.1328 by Richard of Wallingford ( c.1292–1336 ) , the son of a blacksmith , who became Abbot in 1327 . |
| 3 | It is generally supposed that this is because he is on his death-bed , and his gift of making conversation has already ebbed away . |
| 4 | ( ’ Subjective' here has nothing to do with ethical subjectivism ; it is generally supposed that the existence of this subjective obligation is an objective fact . ) |
| 5 | It is generally supposed that it was at Thurgarton . |