Example sentences of "widely [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 2 | The fifth , sixth and seventh words are the most widely favoured for deletion . |
| 3 | Despite little definite evidence supporting the use of high dose ascorbic acid , it is widely favoured by doctors and patients as healthy , natural , and without appreciable side effects . |
| 4 | There is the famous case of the radio dramatization of Wells 's War of the Worlds , which , within a confusion of signals , such as use of the convention of radio news reports , was quite widely received as an ‘ actuality ’ account of an alien invasion . |
| 5 | Secondly , the techniques , although not widely developed to date , may culminate in the creation of more productive plant and animal crops that could help alleviate food scarcity problems in developing countries by increasing the viability of traditionally based agroecosystems , thus obviating the need for the cultivation of new lands . |
| 6 | Reservoir rocks suitable for gas production are widely developed in the Zechstein . |
| 7 | Terry McLaughlin , the deputy editor of the Irish News , said some of the material shown to him was marked ‘ top secret ’ , the highest security classification , and went beyond the type of photo-montage material that has been widely leaked over the past month . |
| 8 | All were prescribed as painkillers , with both Zomax and Opren widely prescribed for arthritic patients . |
| 9 | It contains a unique ingredient , Crotamiton , widely prescribed by doctors . |
| 10 | Epogam , a product containing this oil , is widely prescribed in the UK for treatment of atopic dermatitis ( AD ) . |
| 11 | The debt at the end of the American war had been sixteen to seventeen times the revenue , and prophets of doom were widely heard amid the financial gloom . |
| 12 | Yet , one of the catchwords that has been widely heard in Washington and elsewhere during the run up to the war has been the need to create a democratic environment in the Middle East after the war is over . |
| 13 | Proposals to improve the quality of life coincided with the tenure of the National Unity Government under the initial premiership of Shimon Peres , widely regarded outside the territories as the most promising Israeli proponent of a peace settlement . |
| 14 | The directors recommended that the dividend payout to shareholders should be increased by 25 per cent to 7.5p a share which was widely regarded as a move designed to ward off a takeover bid . |
| 15 | Welch is the first to admit that when the Theatre Royal opened in 1982 it was widely regarded as a white elephant , which quickly became little more than a stopping off point for second-rate touring products . |
| 16 | Leicestershire is widely regarded as a pioneer of ‘ progressive ’ primary methods . |
| 17 | This was a hard period for the Prime Minister — she lost the confidence of senior colleagues , was widely regarded as an electoral liability and lost battles in the Cabinet . |
| 18 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 19 | In the Commons Mr Field is widely regarded as one of the most thoughtful and persuasive MPs . |
| 20 | Steve Goldman talks to the man widely regarded as Europe 's best film-maker . |
| 21 | The ECMT , which is not part of the EC , is widely regarded as an ineffectual organisation . |
| 22 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 23 | Mr Gonzalez managed to win a vote of confidence in the first round only with the support of a Canary Islands deputy who is widely regarded as a parliamentary spokesman and lobbyist for the Tenerife banana planters . |
| 24 | The Hungarian minority was already complaining bitterly then of persecution — their plight widely regarded as the unfortunate flip-side of Ceausescu 's ultra-nationalism , which at least kept the Russians at bay . |
| 25 | The Shedd is widely regarded as the most advanced oceanarium in the world . |
| 26 | Mr Gould was under pressure from front-bench colleagues last night to declare his candidature as soon as Mr Kinnock makes his decision public , in an attempt to head off Mr Smith , who is widely regarded as the favourite . |
| 27 | But his own estimates , widely regarded as the most reliable of many recent projections , suggest that between 317 000 and 446 000 black South Africans will be HIV-positive by the end of this year . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher might now be widely regarded as an electoral liability ; but she had bounced back before from low opinion poll ratings and by-election reverses to win huge general election victories . |
| 29 | Other disturbances , widely regarded as ‘ copycat ’ , were reported elsewhere in the West Midlands , for example in Moseley , Wolverhampton , and Coventry , and in the St Paul 's district of Bristol . |
| 30 | Linda Nicholson is a member of the London Fortepiano Trio and is widely regarded as a leading fortepiano player . |