Example sentences of "it be widely assumed that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was widely assumed that China , with her vast size and resources , would be the victor , and that the status quo in East Asia would remain unchanged . |
| 5 | It was widely assumed that motion pictures would be sexually suggestive and probably explicit , the whole tone seemed secular and irresponsible , and few doubted that children and the weak-minded were being pointed towards crime and degeneracy . |
| 6 | IT was widely assumed that Sir Lawrie Barratt was working for nothing when he re-took the reins of his housebuilding empire last summer . |