Example sentences of "[pers pn] is widely accepted [that] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is widely accepted that vast amounts of police time are wasted by calling constables unnecessarily as court witnesses but the problem has so far proved intractable .
2 But for those in Japan who do achieve a more secure status it is widely accepted that such benefits are unlikely to be renewed if the individual moves to another company .
3 It is widely accepted that one of the main factors contributing to the relative decline and adverse trading position of the British economy is a shortfall of investment in private industry , and socialists can not afford to be indifferent to this since the employment prospects and livelihood of millions of workers are at stake .
4 It is widely accepted that new members of the research community deserve careful initiation , socialisation and accreditation .
5 It is widely accepted that this system ‘ has nothing to teach us ’ .
6 To quote one of them ( D. M. Anderson ) , ‘ It is widely accepted that some , perhaps many , of the abiotic chemical reactions and processes leading to the origin on Earth of replicating micro-organisms occurred very early in the history of Earth in close proximity to the surfaces of clay minerals and other inorganic substrates . ’
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