Example sentences of "[noun] [is] generally [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 2 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 3 | We have seen how the corporatist vision of the company draws upon the ideal of community which within our present legal system and our everyday thinking is generally allowed to operate only within the realm of family and friendship . |
| 4 | Specific entry is generally recommended . |
| 5 | The exact origins of the Viennese school of building are not known , but Stein is generally accepted as its most important precursor . |
| 6 | One of two methods is generally applied : the ‘ illustrative cut ’ of individual projects and commitments , or the percentage cut across the board . |
| 7 | Bark loss is generally repaired by the formation of new bark , the inevitable result of secondary thickening in dicotyledons as the phloem dies . |
| 8 | The structure of a commercial paper programme is generally determined by the type of credit support , if any , on the programme . |
| 9 | Herringbone stitch is generally used to hold a single turned edge securely in position against a single layer of fabric ( fig. 14 ) . |
| 10 | To begin by throwing the classics of English literature at their heads is generally to count failure … |
| 11 | Greater weight is generally given to propositions which have stood the test of time . |
| 12 | Greek tragedy is generally assumed to have had an original connection with Dionysus . |
| 13 | The time may well be approaching when meat eating is generally regarded as a sign of barbarity , rather than of civilisation . |
| 14 | Kurk wool is generally considered to be among the very best available . |
| 15 | Conventional medical practice is generally held in high esteem by society and the medical profession represents one of the most powerful , high-status bodies in the country . |
| 16 | The car is generally occupied by an idiot or two gazing strictly ahead either with expressions that lead you to think that they are convinced they are doing everyone else a favour , or that they are only sitting down because they have insufficient brain to walk and chew gum at the same time . |
| 17 | Much of the blame for the schism is generally attributed to Nikon , the overbearing prelate elevated to the Patriarchate in 1652 . |
| 18 | The kraken is generally believed to be a type of giant cephalopod which normally lives and feeds at the bottom of the ocean . |
| 19 | The effect is generally noted in the first week when a gradual reduction in the frequency of wetting is noted . |
| 20 | In a photoionization process , on the other hand , any energy from the incoming photon over and above that needed to ionize the molecule is carried away as kinetic energy of the electron ejected from the molecule ; conservation of linear momentum is generally accomplished by recoil of the ion formed . |
| 21 | Empirical evaluation differs from assessment , as the term is generally understood , in that it focuses not on the measurement of learner attainment as matched against norms or criteria of success but on the process of learning and the factors which appear to influence it . |
| 22 | Americas Watch stated that ‘ As best we can determine , torture as that term is generally understood is not practised in Nicaragua as a means of eliciting information or confessions , nor as a form of punishment ’ ( Americas Watch 1984 ) but its report goes on to detail cases where harsh interrogation techniques were used ( see also Amnesty International 1982 ) . |
| 23 | The term is generally taken to denote that section of the educated élite — an élite deliberately nurtured by the tsarist regime to man the civil and military establishment — which became critical of the existing order . |
| 24 | This valve is generally situated under a small metal cover — in towns , it is possible to see a whole row of these stretching down the pavement ; in rural areas , it may be more difficult to find . |
| 25 | This figure is generally accepted as the UK average . |
| 26 | The Turks admitted similar losses , but the correct figure is generally believed by historians to be considerably higher . |
| 27 | Durkheim is generally regarded as the founder of modern comparative sociology ( a distinction which to some extent Marx and Weber must also be allowed to share ) . |
| 28 | His application of the variation principle to plainsong , Lutheran hymns , and Huguenot psalms goes far beyond the ‘ organ hymns ’ and versets of earlier generations , and differs from his secular variations in that the basic melody is generally preserved intact as cantus firmus in one part or another throughout . |
| 29 | However , outside the computer , numerical data is generally held in decimal format , for obvious anatomical reasons ( although there have been suggestions from time to time that manual calculation should be done in binary or octal , for example , Phillips 1936 ) . |
| 30 | It seems fanciful to imagine that the existence of a handful of male victims and female defendants would have any impact either on the future development by the judges of the substantive law of rape or on the handling of rape cases by the police , or indeed on the way that rape is generally perceived . |