Example sentences of "[subord] it is generally [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Community policing continues to be afforded low priority and prestige within the police force , where it is generally characterised as ‘ social work ’ or not ‘ real ’ policing ( Fielding , 1991:170 ) . |
| 2 | Although it is generally assumed that the free movement of persons within the European Community will increase the impact of ‘ international crime ’ on the internal security problems of the Member States and that more intensive and more effective law enforcement co-operation will be required , there is uncertainty about how better co-ordination can be achieved . |
| 3 | Experts continue to disagree about how to extrapolate from one to the other , although it is generally accepted that even the smallest dose carries a health risk . |
| 4 | Although it is generally accepted that the globular domain of H1 or H5 binds to the exit and entry points of nucleosomal DNA , there are currently many conflicting models for the detailed picture of how this is achieved . |
| 5 | Much of the writing on family law lacks any stated theoretical position , although it is generally underpinned by a welfare approach . |
| 6 | Although it is generally supposed that the first truly mechanical escapement was of the verge-and-foliot type found in various church clocks throughout Europe , the earliest escapement of which we have definite detailed knowledge is that of the clock designed for the Abbey of St Albans c.1328 by Richard of Wallingford ( c.1292–1336 ) , the son of a blacksmith , who became Abbot in 1327 . |
| 7 | Although it is generally aimed at specific styles of mineralisation a wide range of elements are determined and a variety of techniques used . |
| 8 | ‘ Once it is generally realized that the animals are such close kin to us , then meat-eating will be disdained as too near to cannibalism for comfort . |
| 9 | ‘ Once it is generally known , ’ said Roland , ‘ that these letters exist , everyone will be at your door . |
| 10 | With the current financial structuring of the service , even in trusts , until it is generally recognised that more than just a pen and speculum are required in gynaecological outpatient clinics the value of outpatient surgery will not be realised . |
| 11 | For whereas a subordinate rule of a system may be valid and in that sense ‘ exist ’ even if it is generally disregarded , the rule of recognition exists only as a complex , but normally concordant , practice of the courts , officials , and private persons in identifying the law by reference to certain criteria . |
| 12 | One state Department cable to the US ambassador in Teheran asked him to remind the Shah the reforms were necessary " because it is generally agreed that without some reforms Iran as likely as Khrushchev predicted to fall to Soviets like ripe plum " |
| 13 | English was chosen , not just because the majority of its students are female , but because it is generally looked upon by commentators ( e.g. P. Scott 1984 ) , as the ‘ central liberal discipline ’ . |
| 14 | One common conception of democracy is that it means " government by the people " or at least by the people 's elected representatives — since it is generally accepted , rightly or wrongly , that in large modern states the people themselves can not govern . |
| 15 | Promotion , however , tends to be slow , since it is generally governed by the principle of ‘ Buggins 's turn ’ ; one reaches the top or near-top only at about the age of 55 , when one is not far off retirement . |
| 16 | And since it is generally recognised that managers cost their companies at least three times their annual salary , the scope for cost-saving is enormous . |
| 17 | Since it is generally agreed that intelligence has a genetic component , can it not be argued that social inequality has a biological basis ? |
| 18 | Whilst it is generally agreed that increases in the money supply can cause higher prices , the question is through what mechanism does it operate ? |
| 19 | Even though it is generally recognised that , at best , the principles of operant conditioning described in Verbal Behaviour contribute but a small part to our understanding of the processes of language development , this does not immediately rule out the possibility of employing techniques based upon operant conditioning to help those children who are not developing language in the normal way . |
| 20 | The Act does not define what actually constitutes an artistic work , though it is generally accepted that it would cover any product made by an artist or craftsperson , which is normally unique , hand-made and makes a personal expressive statement . |
| 21 | While Mr Patiño may well be selling to simplify his life after he moves into his new London residence , Mrs Johnson 's reasons for selling are much more controversial , as it is generally believed that the heiress has not paid for the celebrated Badminton Cabinet which she bought at Christie 's , London , in July 1990 for a record £7.6 million ( $15.2 million ) . |
| 22 | Full length waders are essential as it is generally accepted that the best depth to work is knee to waist deep . |
| 23 | … the paradigm of development as it is generally understood is not suited to explaining change in mature organisms . |
| 24 | The Pedrarias expedition , as it is generally called today , left Spain with 2,000 men in April 1514 |
| 25 | Obviously in many cases the car is a ‘ family car ’ and as long as it is generally used for the benefit of the disabled person it can be treated as any normal family car . |
| 26 | Sasse , as it is generally known , is the oldest secondary school in the Cameroon Republic by a good ten years . |
| 27 | TVH , as it is generally known , was typified for me by a man called Alf Mignot , who died in 1987 in his early sixties . |