Example sentences of "widely [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Emphasising that " the key to a peaceful solution lies in the hands of Afghans themselves " , he said nevertheless that the talks had been made possible by the " new , positive and changing " United States attitude , a comment widely regarded as a reference to recent US congressional moves to cut aid to the mujahedeen by 10 per cent . |
| 2 | The Excess Profits Duty was widely regarded as a concession to mounting concern over profiteering ( Maguire 1987 ) , but the decision to levy it on societies posed fundamental questions about the nature of the cooperative enterprise . |
| 3 | Many similar examples can be found around the world , but in Britain there is substantial historical evidence which suggests that sharing with relatives outside the nuclear family in adult life has never been widely regarded as an ideal to be aimed for ( see chapter 2 ) . |
| 4 | This took place amid rumours of a split within the NEC over support for a common age of consent , and was widely seen as a response to tabloid hysteria on such matters . |
| 5 | On Jan. 9 , however , only days after it had begun , the Brazilian Justice Minister , Gen. Saulo Ramos , announced that the operation had ended , a decision widely seen as a concession to mining interests . |
| 6 | However , the move was widely seen as a concession to the President , Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema . |
| 7 | The reforms were widely seen as a reaction to public controversy over insider trading practices sparked by the emergence in January 1989 of the Pechiney affair [ see pp. 36403 ; 36706 ] . |
| 8 | Widely seen as a sop to Bush 's conservative Republican critics , the directive was publicly disavowed on Nov. 21 by presidential press secretary Marlin Fitzwater who avowed that Bush had not seen it before it was sent out . |
| 9 | Both these stories were widely seen as an attempt to ‘ shoe-in ’ Gordon Brown rather than Smith in the event of a leadership vacancy , although Brown , it must be said , had no part in them . |
| 10 | Physical sports would probably be widely accepted as an exception to restrictive rules on consent , but two points must be borne in mind . |
| 11 | The new law was widely interpreted as a concession to the Medellín drug cartel . |
| 12 | Hrawi 's message was widely interpreted as a warning to Gen. Aoun that forces in West Beirut might be preparing to offer support to Geaga 's forces . |
| 13 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 21 reported that Azhar 's execution was widely interpreted as a warning to those contemplating carrying out acts of terrorism in connection with the Gulf war . |
| 14 | In a politically bold move whose timing was widely interpreted as a favour to Margaret Thatcher with a week to go to the Commonwealth summit in Kuala Lumpur , Mr de Klerk said that the prisoners would be released as soon as prison formalities were dealt with . |
| 15 | The Rates Act has been widely interpreted as a threat to local-government independence . |
| 16 | This is widely understood as a call to arms to defend the movement against a takeover by Mr Klaus . |
| 17 | Though the crisis was eventually resolved ( by the so-called Luxembourg compromise of January 1966 ) and though de Gaulle largely succeeded , in the short term at least , in blocking supranationalism , his policy was widely deplored as a blow to European unification . |
| 18 | At the time , however , it was widely criticised as a threat to European collaboration and integration . |