Example sentences of "be widely [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The FDA 's audacious new tactics gained massive media coverage and are widely seen as only the beginning of a serious assault on products whose labelling is thought to violate federal law .
2 Reports of takeover ‘ conflicts ’ are widely publicised and provoke considerable debate on the gains and losses caused by the takeover .
3 Details are widely advertised and we hope that new members of the University will discover something of interest and visit the Chaplaincy Centre .
4 The two elderly Reformed Church bishops in Transylvania , Laszlo Papp in Oradea and Gyula Nagy in Cluj , are widely viewed as being beholden to the regime , giving them little authority with their congrega-tions .
5 The former Eastern bloc countries are widely recognised as having a potential comparative advantage in agriculture .
6 That challenges have been made to the liberal humanist tradition by Marxists , structuralists , deconstructionists , feminists and others is not , however , to say that these challenges are widely accepted or even taught .
7 Firstly the curriculum ‘ must promote development in all the main areas of learning and experience which are widely accepted as important ’ .
8 Although slides and photos have been the traditional medium , and are widely accepted as substitutes for the landscape ( Shuttleworth , 1980b ) , Kreimer ( 1977 ) has also argued that they need to be put more fully into their context .
9 In traditional societies where prolonged breastfeeding has been the custom , the advantages of lengthy spacing are widely recognized though , as in Kenya , the tradition has begun to fade among some peoples along with the advance of modernization .
10 Even with the ending of East-West confrontations and the prospect of nuclear armouries being run down rapidly , it is hard to imagine a world in which civil reactors are widely regarded as safe and the problems of acceptable disposal of nuclear wastes are overcome .
11 When the underlying principles are widely understood and incorporated into medical technology on a world-wide scale , the action will constitute a ‘ quantum leap ’ in the present-day understanding of disease , as well as the essential nature of man himself .
12 For example , under differing degrees of habitat richness , two predators of the same species may have widely differing territory sizes if the resource areas are widely separated or not .
13 Given the choice , most scientists would prefer to study molecules in the gas phase where they are widely separated and do not interfere with one another .
14 If the bands of weaving are widely separated and use an interesting yarn , such as ribbon or tape , the weaving can be used simply for decoration .
15 As for helmets , I have never been convinced that they have much to offer , and my views are broadly confirmed by recent reviews in the CTC magazine and the journal ‘ New Cyclist ’ ( neither organisation being anti-helmet ; the reviews are widely based and fair ) .
16 Humans have a special affinity for dolphins , which are widely perceived as having a special degree of intelligence .
17 Nature reserves are widely appreciated and much admired , but do we ever stop to think of the behind-the-scenes management ?
18 7 Political power is " fragmented " because the resources that are the basis of power and influence are widely dispersed and " non-cumulative " .
19 Through a complex set of such exchanges the economic activities of people who are widely dispersed and who are entirely unaware of each other 's existence can be coordinated .
20 They are widely dispersed and are engaged in a wide variety of activities .
21 To the extent that policies are widely publicized and are regarded as credible by agents , the grafting on of the rational expectations hypothesis simply speeds up the process of adjustment to a lower rate of inflation .
22 The effects are widely varied and can be static shimmers of colour , rolls comprising crescendos and diminuendos , or simply beaten rhythms , which can be as complex or simple as one could wish .
23 But , for all their youthfulness , they are widely experienced and shrewd , and possess not only uncommon physiques but rare bowling actions .
24 Their residential courses held throughout the year for both beginners and advanced students are widely known and popular ; students come from all over the world .
25 Deposits of galena are widely distributed but by no means equally accessible to early centres of civilization .
26 Creativity and ingenuity are widely distributed and evident in the natural activities of children outside school .
27 Many people writing about negative attitudes towards old age suggest that such attitudes are widely held and refer to most old people .
28 Elders are widely respected and have high social status .
29 In laser surgery , CO 2 lasers ( wavelength 10.6 ) are widely used because of the high absorption in water , and therefore in any soft tissue .
30 The four subjects chosen ( English , maths , history and geography ) represented key subjects were communication skills are widely used and teacher-pupil dialogue at its greatest .
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