Example sentences of "widely [verb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE world of public relations has plenty of detractors but Michael Murphy , the founder and chairman of PR Consultants Scotland , has managed both to make himself wealthy and to run what is widely regarded as Scotland 's most professional home-grown consultancy , as well as its largest . |
| 2 | The authority of the Board Schools ( otherwise known as the ‘ Bored Schools ’ ) was widely regarded as suspect and frail . |
| 3 | The Russells are widely regarded as kind , trusting people , entirely without malice . |
| 4 | Ware , widely regarded as Britain 's top TV stunt artist and arranger , ran an agency called Havoc , which advised Crawford on his dangerous routines throughout the first two series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em . |
| 5 | For a small supplement your home for the day could be Chef Boyers ' Les Crayeres , widely regarded as Frances ' greatest hotel where Chef/Patron Gerard Boyer , three star Michelin giant , has just been awarded , by Gault illau , the accolade of France 's top chef for 1992 . |
| 6 | Steve Goldman talks to the man widely regarded as Europe 's best film-maker . |
| 7 | Commentators described the outcome of these votes as a tactical victory for Yeltsin 's supporters and a boost for Yeltsin 's prospects of being elected ( hitherto considered fairly slim ) , since Vlasov , who was widely regarded as Yeltsin 's main opponent for Supreme Soviet Chairman ( and Gorbachev 's choice for the post ) , now faced the onerous task of defending his government 's record in a Congress debate . |
| 8 | Daim was replaced by the Education Minister , Anwar Ibrahim , now widely regarded as Mahathir 's political heir . |
| 9 | Daim was replaced by Anwar Ibrahim , who was widely regarded as Mahathir 's political heir . |
| 10 | Deng was reported to have been particularly incensed by an attack on the country 's five special economic zones ( SEZs ) , widely regarded as showcases for the reformist line . |
| 11 | However , the C/D boundary was defined as equivalent to the old pass/fail boundary and , in practice , A to C are still widely regarded as pass grades , D and E as fail . |
| 12 | Patterson , widely regarded as Manley 's heir-apparent , had approved an import tax waiver for Shell Oil ( West Indies ) Ltd ( an offshoot of Shell International , UK ) , at the request of Mining and Energy Minister Horace Clarke who was also forced to resign . |
| 13 | Prior to his dismissal he had been widely regarded as Manley 's heir-apparent , and he had served as acting Prime Minister for several periods during Manley 's illness in 1990 . |
| 14 | The words probably , likely and unlikely litter the text , even when I am talking about what is widely regarded as fact . |
| 15 | When , a few weeks later , Labour overturned a large Tory majority in a by-election at East Fulham , this was widely seen as evidence of the popularity of pacifism — despite the fact that Labour 's candidate , John Wilmot , had been more concerned to appeal to Liberal supporters of the League than to whatever sentiment may have existed in Fulham in favour of war resistance . |
| 16 | This provoked a public outcry [ see p. 37913 ] and was widely seen as evidence of his autocratic style of government , already reflected in his combining the presidency with the chairmanship of the ruling Peronist party [ see p. 37651 ] . |
| 17 | Widely seen as part of the Thatcher government 's policy of ‘ privatization ’ , the 1982 Act effectively allows specific private auditors to be imposed upon local government . |
| 18 | The moves were widely seen as part of an attempt to end the 15-year civil war by meeting conditions demanded by the opposition UNITA rebels . |
| 19 | The move was widely seen as part of the Socialist Party 's strategy for the regional elections in March to counter the growing popularity of far-right views . |
| 20 | In May 1870 St Petersburg cotton spinners staged what was widely seen as Russia 's first fully fledged strike : within days a report was on the desk of the Tsar himself . |
| 21 | These , then , are the techniques , rules and procedures which are widely adopted as part of the practical management of large cohorts of pupils . |
| 22 | When Sabin developed his attenuated strains of polio he energetically pursued his goal of making them widely accepted as vaccine strains . |
| 23 | The relatively light sentence was widely interpreted as evidence of the continuing loss of ground by the hardline conservatives within the CCP , and as confirming the view that Zhao himself — under house-arrest since May 1989 — would not be tried . |
| 24 | The offer of further help was widely interpreted as attempt to improve the chances of the treaty being ratified by the requisite two-thirds majority of the 23-member Philippine Senate . |
| 25 | Caesium is , of course , the largest simple cation in the periodic table and zeolites are widely used as detergent builders to ‘ bind ’ smaller ions , eg Ca 2+ . |
| 26 | Mixed with QACs they are widely used as skin disinfectants and are mainly associated with medical uses as are chlorhexidine gluconate and cetrimide . |
| 27 | Human rights organisations remain wary of publishing figures because they have been widely used as propaganda . |
| 28 | These were widely used as disinfectants and the crystals in particular for treatment of snakebite after Dr Lacerda recommended potassium permanganate for this purpose in 1881 . |
| 29 | They are widely used as entrance qualifications for higher education . |
| 30 | Barley straw is soft and palatable , and is widely used as bulk feed for beef cattle . |