Example sentences of "was [adv] feel that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final total was 606 , scored in only ten hours of excellent batsmanship , although it was widely felt that the England selectors had helped them along by omitting Foster and playing two spinners , Cook and Miller , on a pitch of low bounce . |
| 2 | Certainly , in the mid-nineteenth century it was widely felt that life in the previous century had been greatly superior and that the increase in juvenile crime was a blot on this age . |
| 3 | It was widely felt that smaller firms offered a better service for nationally-based positions . |
| 4 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , on the other hand it was widely felt that the system itself denied young people opportunities and circumstances in which they could have control over their own lives and education . |
| 6 | It was widely felt that the police were failing to take adequate measures to check the growth in crime and violence , and on May 12 , following a meeting with representatives of the Romany community , Havel criticized the Czech Ministry of the Interior for handling the situation badly . |
| 7 | As one of Isomura 's strongest supporters , it was widely felt that Ozawa 's position could become untenable in the event of Isomura 's defeat on April 7 . |
| 8 | It was widely felt that Théodore , a bitter critic of Aristide who wished severely to restrict his future powers , was not guaranteed to be acceptable to the army or business sectors which were not expected easily to drop their opposition to Aristide 's return . |
| 9 | It was widely felt that Kohl should have visited both this site and other scenes where anti-foreigner and anti-Semitic attacks had taken place . |
| 10 | So far as voting is concerned this is a comparatively recent development , for , on the analogy of the partnership rule , it was long felt that members ' voting rights should be divorced from their purely financial interests in respect of dividend and capital , so that the equality in voting should be between members rather than between shares . |
| 11 | Fineview was considered by its residents to be an old-established family neighbourhood but it was generally felt that the cohesion was being destroyed by the increasing numbers of properties converted to the rental market . |
| 12 | The numbers were reduced to nine the following year , as it was generally felt that it would be better to hold them every other year and quite a few indicated they would be prepared to take part on a biennial basis . |
| 13 | Ireland lost all four Championship matches in ‘ 84 and it was generally felt that McBride had not achieved a good relationship with his players . |
| 14 | It was generally felt that the legislation was nothing more than a publicity exercise , carried out under severe pressure from the USA and the Free State government . |
| 15 | American news coverage of the 1960s riots first came under academic scrutiny in the aftermath of the Watts riot , where it was generally felt that media reporting had exacerbated the conflict . |
| 16 | It was generally felt that partnerships around visitors was a good experience . |
| 17 | It was usually felt that the chap with his arm in a sling had an ulterior motive . |
| 18 | However , it was still felt that a comparison between action and control samples might be interesting , merely to see whether there was any clear difference between the two samples over the six month period . |
| 19 | It was further felt that in some cases the lowest tender tended to gain the contract at the expense of better quality work because of the financial restrictions the Housing Executive Board have allowed to be placed on them . |
| 20 | It was deeply felt that the economy would no longer be viable and that demand would decrease since the aged would be unable to afford the type of demand required to sustain industry . |
| 21 | It was clearly felt that PAF should be regarded entirely as an automatic fee in recognition of a teacher qualified and belonging to a professional Society . |
| 22 | It was also felt that consequent uncertainty in the bookselling trade would lead booksellers to place smaller initial orders for new titles , and that rising prices and the axing of valuable but commercially marginal titles from publishers ' lists would ensue ( both of the latter effects have , in fact , to some extent ensued , in spite of the judgement ) . |
| 23 | It was also felt that the system proposed in the final user requirement would lead to improvements in the working conditions in the Registry , and , by introducing more interesting and rewarding procedures at this level , generally improve staff morale . |
| 24 | It was also felt that it was a company which nobody could attack on the grounds of political bias in favour of the project — if anything , thought Walsh , the other way round , after he had seen a portrait of Margaret Thatcher prominently displayed in its Ealing headquarters . |
| 25 | It was also felt that the positivistic notion that offenders were not rational and responsible agents , and that they should be reprogrammed until they conform to society , was a profound insult to human dignity . |
| 26 | It was also felt that the views of Parish Councillors should carry more weight with the Borough Council on local matters in particular planning applications . |
| 27 | Moreover , in the simplest of terms , it was correctly felt that occupational satisfaction , which a sense of ‘ service ’ could create , was a prerequisite of a stable political culture . |
| 28 | No one denied the importance of these factors , but it was now felt that others would have to be included . |
| 29 | Having kept an unusually low profile throughout the Dewan election campaign , it was now felt that the military might press hard for the election of their choice of Vice-President , while Gen. ( retd ) Suharto , 71 , was expected to seek a fifth consecutive term of office as President . |
| 30 | The polemical and ideological edge to this debate must be borne in mind : not all those engaged in it were in favour of increased public spending , due to fears about its effects on investment and on incentives ; and in some quarters it was passionately felt that the ageing of society was socially , economically , and even politically undesirable ( Thane forthcoming ) , and hence that its dangers should be emphasized . |