Example sentences of "[be] generally agreed that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is generally agreed that students/trainees are observed performing on many occasions over a period of time as a natural part of the learning process .
2 It is generally agreed that objects appear smaller and heavier as they move upwards .
3 It is generally agreed that Japan possesses many of the institutional characteristics of other capitalist societies , but these institutions do not produce the same degree of impersonal alienation because subordinates are regularly consulted and authority is ‘ soft ’ and legitimate .
4 It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done .
5 It was generally agreed that republics were now much more likely than monarchies to use them ; and this belief seems to be borne out by the facts .
6 It was generally agreed that Ella ruled the roost and that ‘ poor Miss Dean ’ had a pretty thin time of it .
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