Example sentences of "[been] felt to be " in BNC.

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1 It is easy to understand how irksome that condition has been felt to be and how strong has been the temptation to try to tamper with it .
2 This , however , has been felt to be rather ironical since , although he is critical of idealism and maintains a formal commitment to empirical rationalism , it is Hobhouse who in fact calls for the greater degree of state intervention .
3 Families have been felt to be rigid , narrow , and highly constraining institutions which repress the individual and stop the development of his or her individuality .
4 That source-study has been so common is at least partly due to the fact that the interpretation of the writings of the mystics has , from the start , been felt to be the preserve of theologians .
5 That content too has always been felt to be linked to the aesthetic in some way — though again as of late , in theoretical studies this has not been examined .
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