Example sentences of "widely assumed that the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely assumed that the assailants had mistakenly believed their victims to be of Korean extraction , and that the assault was connected to a black boycott of two Korean-American grocery shops in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn . |
| 2 | Although there was no confirmation last night , it was being widely assumed that the explosives were Semtex and the discovery part of a pattern of similar finds and explosions in an IRA mainland campaign that has continued for more than a year . |
| 3 | Because the economy is in recession , it is widely assumed that the government will and should cut interest rates . |
| 4 | It is widely assumed that the Bundesbank council will effect a 50 basic points cut in official rates at either the meeting this Thursday or on 1 April . |
| 5 | It is widely assumed that the general , who has been doing his best to fan the speculation , will try to become prime minister after he leaves the army . |
| 6 | It was widely assumed that the pattern of administration in the new NHS hospital would follow that at the County , the voluntary hospital . |
| 7 | It will be widely assumed that the cabinet fears it would be unable to control a judicial inquiry . |
| 8 | Despite Cuvier 's warnings , it was still widely assumed that the vertebrates are collectively more advanced than any invertebrate type . |