Example sentences of "[be] often considered to " in BNC.

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1 Families whose incomes are not more than 40 per cent above the sb level are often considered to be ‘ living on the margins of poverty ’ ; in 1985 , seven in ten of all one parent families had incomes below this level compared with two out of ten two parent families .
2 Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ .
3 Congenital abnormalities are often considered to be defects that cause disability without the hope of a complete recovery .
4 History books are often considered to be out of date on the day of publication !
5 Items such as happily , out and sometimes are often considered to be members of this class .
6 Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life .
7 The fact that researchers in the psychology of driving have not stressed the potential effects of such arousal is particularly surprising given that feelings of risk are often considered to be one of the most important variables in the control of normal driving .
8 Nationalism and dealings with governments are often considered to be the major problems facing a firm trying to sell overseas .
9 Wordsworth is often considered to be cold , egotistical and self-sufficient , but what he writes about here is the warmth of a stranger 's greeting and how it increased his pleasure in the sunset .
10 The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way .
11 Spoken discourse is often considered to be less planned and orderly , more open to intervention by the receiver .
12 ( The privately rented sector has low values for a number of reasons : it contains a larger non-married proportion , and the form of stock is often considered to be less suitable for childrearing .
13 Returning to Menard 's definition of science as ‘ the content of these [ scientific ] journals ’ , the scientific literature itself can be measured in a number of ways , and growth in literature is often considered to be concomitant with growth in the subject .
14 A random process is often considered to be the sum of a large number of small , independent processes so this reasoning is acceptable .
15 ‘ Great Expectations ’ was one of his last three novels and was published in 1861 , and is often considered to be his greatest novel .
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