Example sentences of "[is] [adv] hold to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEC is widely held to be the largest foreign computer company in the country , although IBM Corp 's turnover is unknown . |
| 2 | The first edition of Acid Earth is widely held to be the most comprehensive and effective popular book on the subject . |
| 3 | Bibury , 8 miles north-east of Cirencester , is generally held to be the most attractive of all the Cotswold towns and has a trout farm you can visit . |
| 4 | It is successful where temperate zone type methods are not , and is generally held to be the most efficient in terms of soil recovery . |
| 5 | Through our misjudgement of their knowledge , metaphor becomes a lie , and we are left with the disturbing conclusion that the truth of a message is something constructed by sender and receiver , and not only as is usually held to be the casea quality of the sender 's intention or the message itself . |
| 6 | Robert Rogers comments on what is commonly held to be the widespread use of metaphor among schizophrenics . |