Example sentences of "[is] generally [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is generally featured peering languidly into a pool , however divests the situation of its seriousness by considering his metamorphosis . |
| 2 | Political leaders do now understand this ( Lister , 1980 ) , and as a result child benefit is generally increased every year . |
| 3 | This valve is generally situated under a small metal cover — in towns , it is possible to see a whole row of these stretching down the pavement ; in rural areas , it may be more difficult to find . |
| 4 | Alongside Brüggen , the 84-year-old Toscanini seems positively accommodating ; though it should be added that , apart from the two conductors ' fondness for quick tempos , their approaches are radically different , with Toscanini 's string players allowed to draw on a singing legato style that is generally denied Brüggen 's period instrumentalists . |
| 5 | The difference between ten-year-olds and seven-year-olds may be that ten-year-olds are able to provide communicative support for each other in a way that is generally denied to the younger children . |
| 6 | However , the history of the Channel Tunnel is generally said to have begun with the 1820 proposal of French mining engineer Albert Mathieu-Favier for a road tunnel lit by gas and ventilated through chimneys emerging above sea level . |
| 7 | It is generally understood that the disease is spread by fleas and mosquitoes and since rabbits are gregarious by nature their close contact with each other automatically ensures the rapid spread of the disease . |
| 8 | Empirical evaluation differs from assessment , as the term is generally understood , in that it focuses not on the measurement of learner attainment as matched against norms or criteria of success but on the process of learning and the factors which appear to influence it . |
| 9 | However , the Bernese Alps ‘ range ’ is generally understood to refer to the entire mountain range lying between the so-called Interlaken Valley to the north and the Rhône Valley to the south . |
| 10 | The South is generally understood to include the South East and East Anglia . |
| 11 | … the paradigm of development as it is generally understood is not suited to explaining change in mature organisms . |
| 12 | Once again , it is generally understood and accepted that the weapons prohibited are not limited to those specifically mentioned in this Protocol or any other treaty , but extend to all those that come under this description or have this effect . |
| 13 | There are different opinions about the exact risk involved in oral sex , but it is generally understood to be much less risky than penetrative sex . |
| 14 | Americas Watch stated that ‘ As best we can determine , torture as that term is generally understood is not practised in Nicaragua as a means of eliciting information or confessions , nor as a form of punishment ’ ( Americas Watch 1984 ) but its report goes on to detail cases where harsh interrogation techniques were used ( see also Amnesty International 1982 ) . |
| 15 | Consideration of this question requires us first to examine what is generally understood by conservatism . |
| 16 | While Huntington has identified much of what is generally understood as conservative thought there is one aspect , which is of particular importance for our task , which he seems to underemphasize . |
| 17 | The term ‘ curriculum ’ is generally understood but not widely used in higher education ; academics are more likely to speak of undergraduate studies in terms of courses , programmes , syllabuses/syllabi or content . |
| 18 | They were vague about dates of departure , and only shrugged and said bad bokra , a phrase which literally means " the day after tomorrow " but is generally understood to imply something rather more indefinite . |
| 19 | This is generally understood to mean : |
| 20 | The business model is generally understood and so should be applied to all organizations . |
| 21 | A ‘ lord of all he surveys ’ is quite different from a ‘ lady of the streets ’ , and the meaning of ‘ he 's a professional ’ is generally understood differently from ‘ she 's a professional ’ . |
| 22 | Unanimous support is generally understood to be needed for any changes under F1 's Concorde Agreement . |
| 23 | Awarded Wine magazine 's Wine Merchant of the Year title for the third year running , Oddbins is generally acknowledged to have bucked the trend . |
| 24 | Following the Orange Tree 's fine revival of Rodney Ackland 's The Dark River , this production offers further persuasive evidence that there was far more vitality in the English theatre before the arrival of the angry young men and the Royal Court revolution than is generally acknowledged . |
| 25 | On the whole they feel such predictions are not justified and , indeed , the evidence is of a much greater degree of fitness and independence than is generally acknowledged . |
| 26 | However , it is generally acknowledged that to reduce the consumption of fat in our daily diet will almost certainly reduce the risk of heart disease along with other medical conditions . |
| 27 | It is generally acknowledged that gritstone is the acid test of a climber 's ability ; if you can handle its subtleties and idiosyncrasies , the inadequate creases and sparse protection , then the grip and pull or sharphold security of other rock types will be easy meat in comparison . |
| 28 | In modern Britain the State is generally acknowledged to have kept the peace and retained the allegiance of its citizens during a period of great social change . |
| 29 | His first major painting is generally acknowledged to be ‘ Three studies for figures at the base of a Crucifixion ’ shown at the Lefevre Gallery , London , in a mixed show with works by Moore and Sutherland . |
| 30 | Nicky Haslam is generally acknowledged as a superb story-teller , who judges his audience beautifully . |