Example sentences of "is generally [vb pp] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 It is generally conceded that such words have at least a Component of meaning that resists truth-conditional treatment ( Grice , 1975 ; Wilson , 1975 ; Levinson , 1979b ) .
3 The risks involved are thus extremely high , and it is generally recognised that close management control of these companies by the venture capital funds in necessary , as compared with the more remote approach of investors on the Stock Exchange .
4 However , it is generally recognised that economic considerations are undoubtedly important in shaping the changes which have occurred within existing structures over the course of time since collective bargaining itself is an evolving social institution .
5 Apart from city states , e.g. Singapore , it is generally recognised that agricultural development must precede ( or at least match ) industrial development .
6 It is generally recognised that casual working is still important in certain industrial/occupational labour markets , particularly that of the hotels and catering industry , although the question of whether the casual status of their jobs is a source of disadvantage to the people who work in this fashion is one which has , as yet , scarcely been answered .
7 The working paper dealing with this topic argues that ‘ it is generally recognised that some prescribing is wasteful or unnecessary expensive .
8 In 1912 Edison introduced the compatible ‘ Blue Amberol ’ records made of an even tougher plastic ; and it is generally accepted that Blue Amberols had a better , higher fidelity performance than any other medium before the First World War .
9 It is generally accepted that each person , man and woman , is made up of both masculine and feminine qualities , and it appears that in some lifetimes the masculine will have been predominant while in others it will have been the feminine .
10 Many claims are received in respect of cigarette burns to furniture , carpets etc. and although there has been no actual ‘ fire ’ , it is generally accepted that such claims can be considered as fire damage .
11 It is generally accepted that increasing lake acidification due to acid deposition has caused fish kills and stock depletion ( figure 4.14 ) .
12 It is generally accepted that this theory accords better with the view of modern science and is superior to that of Kant .
13 Consumer public relations depends on using to the full this part of the media and it is generally accepted that any consultant working in this field will have contacts within the appropriate media .
14 It is generally accepted that large numbers of people evaded the attention of the enumerators on that occasion and that if allowance is made for under-recording the total should be raised to about 9·2 millions .
15 3 : It is generally accepted that nuclear electricity is everywhere more expensive than other forms of generation when the brushed-aside costs of decommissioning and dealing with its wastes are included , as ultimately they must .
16 It is generally assumed that international forces have a great influence on the UK so that it is the international economy which determines the character of the crossroads now facing the UK .
17 Lampreys and hagfishes lack a differentiated stomach , and it is generally assumed that all agnathans were similarly microphagous with no need for a stomach .
18 It is generally assumed that all spreadsheets will benefit from fast calculation but this is n't necessarily so .
19 It is generally assumed that both texts on British Library Additional MS 23986 are preserved there as fragments of longer originals , and this is certainly true of the Anglo-Norman ballad first written on the roll .
20 It is generally assumed that endogenous LH release occurs IS -20 h after the midpoint of the second dark period following PMSG administration .
21 However , it is generally agreed that industrial structure plays no general part in the urban-rural shift .
22 It is generally agreed that these redshifts are caused by the expansion of the Universe .
23 The effect of the Sicilian experience on Yeats is disputed by Yeats scholars , but it is generally agreed that some effect there was .
24 It is generally agreed that retail investors need a far higher level of supervision because of their lack of knowledge and because of the severe consequences of loss .
25 It is generally thought that homophobic prejudice kept Minton out of the Academy , Munnings especially having a dislike of both him and his art .
26 While certain proteins cause these effects to a less extent than others , it is generally considered that uncontrolled adsorption of protein on surfaces in large amounts is undesirable if the surface is to be biocompatible .
27 There is no express disqualification from voting in the case of mental patients other than the general reference to ‘ any legal incapacity to vote ’ in s.1(l) ( b ) ( i ) of the 1983 Act but it is generally considered that any person who , at the moment of voting , lacked capacity to understand what he was immediately about to do , whether by reason of mental illness or drunkenness , etc. , could be denied the right to vote by the presiding officer at the poll .
28 Although sequencing errors may occur as a result of either left or right sided lesions ( Kim , Royer , Bonstelle and Boller , 1980 ) it is generally held that left hemisphere damage more frequently leads to impairment .
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