Example sentences of "is widely [verb] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is widely assumed that the Bundesbank council will effect a 50 basic points cut in official rates at either the meeting this Thursday or on 1 April .
2 Because the economy is in recession , it is widely assumed that the government will and should cut interest rates .
3 It is widely assumed that the general , who has been doing his best to fan the speculation , will try to become prime minister after he leaves the army .
4 It is widely felt that the death last year of Graham Greene left a gap at the top of the Eng Lit ladder .
5 It is widely acknowledged that the school examination system has exerted a powerful controlling effect on school curricula , even if , in more recent times , CSE ( Mode 3 ) has allowed schools to play a significant role on the assessment of their own pupils .
6 As a result , it is widely accepted that the Council has assisted significantly in the improvement of all these factors in colleges offering courses leading to its degrees .
7 It is widely accepted that the rate increases as firms get smaller as liquidity burdens are passed along in a ripple effect from the very largest firms through lengthening credit notes .
8 The one-year course is only to lay down the foundations of good technical training — and it is widely recognised that the course simply pushes the student into the profession with enough practical experience to find his or her feet .
9 Britain points out that the Bush Administration is still using its political weight in the IMF to block financial relief for Vietnam , even though it is widely recognised that the exodus from Vietnam will only stop when living standards improve .
10 It is widely recognised that the Food Safety Act 1990 will progressively impact on the way food businesses operate .
11 It is widely recognized that the proportion of women who suffer mental disorders — particularly depression — exceeds that of men ( Cochrane , 1983 ) .
12 It is widely believed that the case presented by the police to the prosecutor and , through him , to court , consists purely of facts or evidence .
13 Although it is widely believed that the Spanish encountered an almost pristine landscape in AD 1521 ( refs 1–3 ) , some archival and palaeolimnological studies have suggested that extensive land clearance began before European contact , during the Preclassic to Postclassic periods .
14 It is widely believed that the conservatism of the farm worker and his attachment to traditional styles obliged manufacturers to continue to produce the same wide range of designs as had been produced by local smiths in the pre-industrial period .
15 As Ives ( 1987 ) has discussed , it is widely believed that the situation in the Himalaya will reach crisis proportions by the turn of the century , affecting not only that region but also downstream and deltaic areas that are in receipt of drainage from the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers .
16 It is widely agreed that the lifetime reproductive success of individuals is the most satisfactory measure of fitness that it is usually possible to collect ( see Falconer , 1960 ; Cavalli-Sforza & Bodmer , 1961 ; Maynard Smith , 1969 ; Grafen , 1982 ) .
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