Example sentences of "widely [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for war , then , was fairly generally accepted , although it was widely recognized that it brought destruction and death . |
| 2 | Despite these encouraging results this technique was not widely adopted because it proved time consuming , generally insensitive , did not localise the neoplastic lesion , and was associated with false positive results . |
| 3 | This is now so widely accepted that it seems less like a theory , or even a theoretical framework , than a piece of common sense ; and in one form or another it encompasses the views of the majority of Anglo-American philosophers and neuroscientists about the basis of consciousness or , at the very least , of perception . |
| 4 | No organization claimed responsibility and it was widely speculated that it had been a mistake by ETA . |
| 5 | Whether the life sentence is regarded as a sufficient denunciation in society depends on the public 's perception of what life imprisonment means : if it is widely believed that it results in an average of nine years ' imprisonment , the effect will be somewhat blunted . |
| 6 | Fundamental to the stability of a system of taxation is the level at which people are asked to pay , and the switch from local to central taxation achieved by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor in his Budget was widely welcomed because it recognised that the tax burden had become too high for any system to sustain , and that is why he took steps to reduce it . |