Example sentences of "a widely [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , no major studies of evacuation due to hazards have been undertaken in recent times and this is a widely recognized deficiency which no research funding body seems willing to rectify . |
| 2 | Not until after the development and use of atom bombs did ‘ radio-biology ’ become a widely recognized science and its contribution to cancer research properly appreciated . |
| 3 | A widely recognized consequence of early marriage or entrance into a conjugal union is the lengthening of the period that women spend as married or sexually active during their childbearing years which , without birth control or infecundity , results in higher completed fertility at age 50 . |
| 4 | A widely cited example of the alleged harassment campaign was police action against a progressive coalition group , the National Alliance for Democracy and Unification , which had endorsed Kim Dae Jung 's candidacy . |
| 5 | Robin Horton , in a widely cited article on African systems of thought ( 1967 ) , likewise attempted to break down the elements of scientific thinking in order to demonstrate that so-called ‘ primitive ’ peoples such as the Azande did in fact make use of the same elements of thought , although applied to different content . |
| 6 | At the second and subsequent prunings , a widely advocated rule of thumb guide is to reduce the stem length by about a half . |
| 7 | Yes , 3Com is trying to solve the right problems , says Proteon , but no , it does n't believe that 3Com will ever make the technology a widely implemented standard . |
| 8 | Or the Queerfella , a widely dispensed sobriquet of Preston 's nan , not knowing then how queer a fella Barry Moxton really was . |
| 9 | Dr Bradley was invited to present her findings to a Modular Course seminar ; they were publicized in a widely disseminated evaluation newsletter . |
| 10 | The massive preponderance of peasants up to the end of NEP and beyond also ensured a widely disseminated population . |
| 11 | The size of groups can be difficult to measure , because dolphins apparently travelling separately may in fact be part of a widely spread group in acoustic communication with each other . |
| 12 | However , the bundling , or ‘ fasciculation ’ of axons travelling to similar destinations is a widely observed phenomenon , and in some species at least all of the axons in an individual fascicle can be identified by a unique monoclonal antibody ( Journal of Neuroscience , Vol 3 , p 369 ) . |
| 13 | [ 11 ] Turning from the laboratory to real life , there is a widely believed myth that battle injuries are not necessarily painful but that injury is always painful in ordinary circumstances . |
| 14 | Change a widely help opinion , if this no longer reflects the true status or position of the company and its products . |
| 15 | A widely publicised New York Times report of March 9 , 1989 , quoted " official US and Swiss sources ' expressing their governments ' concerns about the development of a chemical plant at the Abu Zaabal military-industrial complex near Cairo , the Egyptian capital . |
| 16 | Similarly , in a widely quoted study conducted by Wu , the findings were that a ‘ substantial impact of insider trading on stock prices could not be expected . ’ |
| 17 | In a widely reported speech to police chiefs at the time of the disorders Hurd made this point clear : |
| 18 | But , in the language of social anthropology , " kinship " has very little to do with biology ; it refers rather to a widely ramifying pattern of named relationships which link together the individual members of a social system in a network . |
| 19 | Furthermore the overall effect of this circulation is to link together into a widely ramifying network of relationships a great number of individuals of quite different status and quite different cultural background . |
| 20 | The processes of school internal evaluation are recommended by the Hargraves Report , ‘ Planning for School Development : Advice to Governors , Headteachers and Teachers 1989 ’ , as the way to organise School Development Planning , a widely endorsed approach to management for the effective school of the 1990's . |
| 21 | I shall press on however , for this pamphlet is the best exposition of which I know of what I believe to be a widely held position . |
| 22 | A widely held common-sense view of science |
| 23 | As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . |
| 24 | There was a widely held concern to improve the effectiveness of professionals working together , and to involve parents more fully , so as to create a system in which there is openness , effective communication and negotiated decisions about priorities for young disabled people . |
| 25 | It was a severe test for him , for it is a widely held view that his talents as a party manager are not matched by his capabilities as a potential Prime Minister . |
| 26 | There is a widely held view among many business experts that selling off a business to a management buy-out team is the easy way out and is not in the best interests of a company 's shareholders . |
| 27 | There is a widely held view that beauty and harmony are a lie , presenting a bourgeois vision of nature and society as fundamentally balanced and ordered . |
| 28 | And if the law of homicide makes no special provision for mercy killings ( see Chapter 7.4(h) below ) or for killings during extreme emotional disturbance , despite a widely held view that such cases ought to be treated as less culpable than ‘ ordinary ’ murders , is there not an argument for a fairly broadly defined qualified defence ? |
| 29 | A widely held view is that animals can be ranked on a scale , a ‘ phylogenetic ’ scale , based on their degree of similarity to humans . |
| 30 | A widely held view is that the USA current account deficit must be corrected but that the correction should produce ‘ a soft landing ’ . |