Example sentences of "is widely [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , Shas itself is widely resented , not least because of its constant scrapes with the law . |
| 2 | It is widely assumed that Elders will not bother to hold on to any Scottish shares and its 23.7 per cent stake will be acquired and used as the springboard for a bid . |
| 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 general , who has been doing his best to fan the speculation , will try to become prime minister after he leaves the army . |
| 5 | These days , it is widely assumed that monitoring of firms by close , caring banks is a better way to run things than the arms-length institutional ownership of America and Britain . |
| 6 | It is widely assumed that ‘ real ’ country people are in favour of development as a source of new jobs and housing while the rich commuter is only concerned to protect his equity and a style of living which has never been available to the locals . |
| 7 | Because NMDA channels are permeable to Ca 2+ ( refs 21 , 38 , 39 ) it is widely assumed , but not proven , that permeation through these channels during tetanic stimulation provides the Ca 2+ signal necessary for the induction of LTP . |
| 8 | They mean an easy , phonetic ( or rather phonemic ) system such as alphabetic literacy and they think of a ‘ literate society ’ as one in which such a script is widely assumed in public life , as they claim it was in sixth century Greece . |
| 9 | It is widely assumed that the more efficiently a stock market functions the better off everyone is . |
| 10 | In spite of its rarity in oral language , it is widely assumed to be easy to read , and hence is freely introduced into children 's fiction and other early reading materials . |
| 11 | This attitude to non-verbal communication has been encouraged by the popularisation of right-brain left-brain studies and amongst those who sponsor the soft primitivism that I have just referred to it is widely assumed that the verbal capabilities of the left cerebral hemisphere have been over-developed by a culture which puts too much emphasis on linguistic finesse and that the expressive repertoire of the supposedly holistic right hemisphere has been dangerously neglected as a consequence . |
| 12 | It is widely assumed that restoration of intestinal continuity inevitably results in a better quality of life for the patient , but that is not necessarily the case . |
| 13 | It is widely assumed that different ICUs can be compared by the ratio of actual mortality to that predicted by the APACHE score . |
| 14 | It is widely assumed that these scoring systems can be used for comparisons . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Critics have found me narrow , implies that his reputation is already controversial , a truth of which he was justly proud , and it is a provocation aptly calculated to make one read on ; and to claim that the only way to escape misrepresentation is to say nothing implies that something momentous is about to be said , that it is his habit and custom to do so , and that he is widely hated because he does . |
| 17 | This neglect is widely perceived to be a major unresolved problem . |
| 18 | A second important barrier is that factoring is widely perceived to be expensive . |
| 19 | Overall , however , the railways are likely to be one of the toughest state sell-offs of them all , for BR has not made a profit for 40 years and is widely perceived as demoralised and run-down . |
| 20 | IT DIDN'T. 1988 is widely perceived as Reading 's nadir , poorly attended and with a woefully average line-up , even by Reading 's by now hopeless standards . |
| 21 | The breakdown of the control apparatus is widely perceived as liberating managers to pursue economically sub-optimal goals , and as causing insufficient pressure to be imposed to promote managerial vigour and to ensure the competence of the management team . |
| 22 | In the South Wales case , for example , there is a zone called the ‘ golden triangle ’ which is widely perceived as especially attuned to the specifications of the new , ‘ high tec ’ , mainly Japanese industries . |
| 23 | The workforce at France 's most successful car manufacturer has rejected an earlier management offer of a 1.5 per cent pay rise and , in the face of what is widely seen here as management intransigence , the government reluctantly got involved in the private sector dispute yesterday evening , announcing that it would appoint an official conciliator . |
| 24 | But now to be ‘ orientated ’ is widely seen not as helpful guidance but as a test one has to submit to . |
| 25 | What we seek is school management which more fully reflects this diversity of opinion , rather than what is widely seen as the inflexible dogma of the current approach . |
| 26 | This self-actualization ( " becoming your best self " ) is widely seen as the most valuable benefit of college study . |
| 27 | Management of the Modular Course by field committees at subject level , and the MCC and its executive subcommittee , the MMRC is widely seen by staff as open , participative and democratic . |
| 28 | The pact is widely seen as one of the environmental fruits of glasnost in the Soviet Union . |
| 29 | The lack of substantial commitments to action is widely seen as reflecting conflicting interests and clashes within the government , particularly among the Departments of Transport , Energy , Agriculture and Trade and Industry where the environment is a contentious issue . |
| 30 | Despite these criticisms , the new programme is widely seen as an advance on the Karnataka Social Forestry Project , inaugurated in 1983 with World Bank funding , which led to the expropriation of common land for eucalyptus plantations , and clashes between vilagers and foresters . |