Example sentences of "[pron] is widely [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next stage is the 586 , which is widely believed to be the P5 processor which Intel has pre-announced . |
| 2 | These aims are seen as central to the development of personal effectiveness which is widely believed , for example by The Training Agency , to be a fundamental aspect of vocational competence . |
| 3 | That leaves difficult cases where an expert has reached a decision which is widely believed to be incorrect but can not be challenged . |
| 4 | The BA Hons Business Studies is a qualification which is widely accepted and respected by industry , commerce and the public sector . |
| 5 | Ageism is one of the most insidious forms of discrimination , one which is widely accepted and rarely challenged . |
| 6 | It is difficult to find scientific evidence of the value of using the Rogerian client oriented counselling method , which is widely advocated , and on this we share the authors ' doubts . |
| 7 | In the South Wales case , for example , there is a zone called the ‘ golden triangle ’ which is widely perceived as especially attuned to the specifications of the new , ‘ high tec ’ , mainly Japanese industries . |
| 8 | The over-reliance on occupational class , which is widely acknowledged to be of diminishing utility in stratifying many social groups , has falsely persuaded some commentators that inequalities in mortality are shallower among adolescents than at any other stage in the life cycle . |
| 9 | The fire-bellied toad , when alarmed , suddenly throws itself on its back , so exposing its underside which blazes with a yellow and black pattern , a colour combination which is widely recognised in the animal world as a warning . |
| 10 | Robert Wiseman Dairies , the milk processor and distributor which is widely recognised by its distinctive black and white corporate identity , beat rival Yarrow Shipbuilders to take first prize in the category for large manufacturing companies . |
| 11 | Furthermore , the objects clause continues to limit the directors ' authority ( as distinct from the company 's capacity ) , though this will only affect a third party who is not in good faith , a requirement which is widely defined . |
| 12 | Yet here is a natural means of self-gratification and of relief from sexual tensions which build up in all of us , which is widely viewed ( regardless of whether it is practised ) as somehow wicked , aberrant , distasteful or shameful . |
| 13 | There are no statutory controls or codes of practice governing the description of products apart from the British Standard on terms used in disinfection which is widely ignored . |
| 14 | This project , which is widely supported by other Scottish libraries , was given the highest priority for new funding by the Library in its Financial Plan 1990–1994 , prepared for the Scottish Office Education Department ( SOED ) . |
| 15 | He articulates a view which is widely shared on the Opposition Benches , although the Labour party finds it seemly to repress it at present . |
| 16 | That is why we have taken up the position that we have over GATT , a position which is widely welcomed by that industry . |
| 17 | Sotheby 's will sell another Picasso on 15 November — Au Lapin Agile , from the Pink period — which is widely expected to break the previous price records . |
| 18 | Of course , this can only be verified by a complete inventory , but the important point is that the sampling methods used , and the way in which the results were extrapolated to apply to the whole collection , are based on a sound mathematical theory which is widely used and tested in other fields , and therefore carried sufficient weight to satisfy the Museum and its auditors . |
| 19 | The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale , for example , which is widely used as an IQ test , can be scored to yield a profile of 11 subscales . |
| 20 | This form of contract ensures that the model can not suddenly start demanding repeat fees on a photograph which is widely used . |
| 21 | He developed an index known as Quetelet 's Index , which is widely used in the assessment of obesity . |
| 22 | it may be worth trying quinine which is widely used for night cramps . |
| 23 | A more valuable model which is widely used is the three-element model termed the standard linear solid — consisting of two springs and one viscous element ( dash-pot ) or two viscous elements and one spring . |
| 24 | Although there are standards which provide guidance on the construction of thesauri , until recently there has not been a ‘ standard ’ thesaurus , or even a thesaurus which is widely used as a norm . |
| 25 | This approach to solving the model derives from the ‘ method of undetermined coefficients ’ , which is widely used in the macroeconomics literature . |
| 26 | It would force a return to the Roads –n Urban Areas style of road and housing layout which is widely agreed to be less than desirable – |
| 27 | An inter-regnum was filled by her boyfriend , Nick Rosen , a freelance journalist , who is widely believed by friends and former associates to have a strong influence on Katharine 's decision-making . |
| 28 | The name most associated with long-wave theories is Kondratiev , a Soviet economist , who is widely believed to have been the first to develop the theory . |
| 29 | The couple have a home in Hollywood and a farm in Vermont , but Michael , who is widely regarded in Hollywood as a workaholic , found it hard to put family first and is now keen to produce his own films as well as act in them . |
| 30 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |