Example sentences of "which were widely " in BNC.

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1 But the great majority of the class , including all those with typical saw-blade profiles ( graptoloids ) which were widely used in the dating of rocks , certainly lacked any kind of rooting structure .
2 These developments in British economic thinking are shown by the publication of two remarkable business texts , which were widely read and discussed in the early 1960s. first , appearing under the title Management 's Mission in a New Society , were 20 provocative papers , originally written in celebration of the first 50 years of the Harvard Business School .
3 Mr Hunte conferred subsequently with other ICC officials , principally Sir Colin Cowdrey , the chairman , and drew up penalties which were widely considered as being too mild .
4 A principal target for these discontents was the impact of the ‘ Americanised , popular amusements of ‘ admass ’ which were widely deplored .
5 Up to this time many astronomers had regarded Venus as the Earth 's twin , and that beneath the clouds , which were widely regarded as consisting of water , there were oceans and perhaps vegetation and animals .
6 Stein 's book may have influenced the initial formulation of Marx 's conception of the proletariat in capitalist society ( Avineri , 1972 , pp. 53–5 ) , but whether that is so or not it did undoubtedly express in a very clear and forceful way ideas which were widely held about the dominant political issues in nineteenth-century European societies ; to such an extent that the social movement came to be largely identified , especially in Germany , with the labour movement .
7 I did notice those remarks , which were widely reported this morning .
8 The prospect of a radical overhaul of US banking legislation was confirmed on Feb. 5 when the US Treasury announced proposals including the abolition of two laws dating from the 1930s which were widely blamed for the fragmented character of US banking .
9 Speaking to the Empire State Black Arts and Cultural Festival in Albany , New York , on July 20 , Jeffries made statements which were widely considered to be racist and anti-semitic .
10 Reports of the importation of 2,000 Israeli Uzi submachine guns and Galil assault rifles three weeks before the coup , and which were widely used by rebel soldiers , lent credence to this view .
11 The shots , which were widely reprinted in the Allied press , showed a relaxed General listening to his wife play the piano or watching her knit .
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