Example sentences of "held [noun sg] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a generally held perception that formal assessment has hindered and distorted work in the secondary classroom through laying too much emphasis on what is easily examinable , regardless of its relevance as musical experience . |
| 2 | The British Library 's recent reports , Research Libraries in Transition and The Research Process , the most extensive surveys so far of the view of British academics , confirm the widely held opinion that academic research is being hampered by a decline in the quality of the collections in research libraries . |
| 3 | Although duodenal ulcers ( DU ) rarely form in patients with achlorhydria , the widely held belief that all patients with duodenal ulcer disease secrete excessive amounts of acid is incorrect . |
| 4 | In Chapter 3 , we examined in some detail Pearson 's review of the history of street crime in Britain , and his criticism of the widely held belief that such crime is a unique feature of present-day society . |
| 5 | This approach stems from a strongly held belief that voluntary action represents a major force for positive environmental change . |
| 6 | Criticism of the education service for failing to meet the needs of an advanced industrial economy is undoubtedly linked with a widely held belief that educational standards , generally , are in decline . |
| 7 | I find that an extraordinary statement of policy , because I had always believed that , in so far as it had any justification at all , the Labour party 's commitment to unilateralism , to the closure of bases , to the withdrawal from NATO , was based on a principle — on a deeply held conviction that those things were wrong . |
| 8 | This happens because alienistic attitudes towards deaf people by ‘ professionals ’ hinge upon the commonly held view that deaf people are not capable of contributing to professional life because of their ‘ limited experience ’ . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | I agree that there appears to be a widely held view that some limit has to be placed upon the recovery of taxes paid pursuant to an ultra vires demand . |
| 11 | This development came about in response to an increase in the number of child abuse cases being uncovered and the sensitivity of the issues involved , combined with a widely held view that social workers were ill-prepared to deal with complex cases of this kind . |