Example sentences of "[pron] is widely [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He developed an index known as Quetelet 's Index , which is widely used in the assessment of obesity . |
| 3 | This approach to solving the model derives from the ‘ method of undetermined coefficients ’ , which is widely used in the macroeconomics literature . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | For example , it is widely believed in English-speaking cultures that women are good listeners . |
| 6 | It is widely believed in Italy that the moon has a great influence on human beings and on nature . |
| 7 | It is widely distributed in space among different individuals , and widely distributed in time over many generations . |
| 8 | It is widely used in this tradition to describe a quality of the tasks of which policing is normally comprised — that these tasks are mostly mundane , ordinary , and day-to-day . |
| 9 | It is the major medium for high-level training and it is widely used in most other forms of interaction . |
| 10 | Mr Kinnock is not obliged to include Mr McNamara in his first Cabinet but it is widely expected in the province that the Liverpool-born Roman Catholic would assume the portfolio that he has shadowed for more than five years . |
| 11 | It is widely found in cough mixtures ( eg Actifed ) and hay-fever medication , some of which can be bought without a prescription . |
| 12 | ‘ He is widely regarded in the West as the token liberal , ’ Sims explained . |