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Example sentences for "generally believed"

  • But it is generally believed that in this country they do not, (Prov.

  • It is generally believed, that the tympanum of the ear vibrates mechanically, when exposed to audible sounds, like the strings of one musical instrument, when the same notes are struck upon another.

  • The present cathedral, the date of the erection of which is a point of discussion to-day, is generally believed to have been built on the spot occupied by the primitive basilica.

  • Original thought is much more common than is generally believed.

  • The distinction between Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism is generally believed to lie in the adoption of a theory of natural selection by the younger Darwin and its non-adoption by the elder.

  • I have not sufficient technical knowledge to enable me to speak certainly, but I question his having been the great observer and master of experiment which he is generally believed to have been.

  • This dissertation was printed by Bowyer, and he is generally believed to have been the author of it(341).

  • It is generally believed to have been written in 666, when Cicero was only twenty years of age, and to have originally contained four books.

  • It is generally believed that it was by one of Cromwell's captains who was stationed with some troops at Athlone when the Royalist cause had been lost that most of the destruction at Clonmacnois was accomplished.

  • It gave a title to Lord Cremorne, from whom, it is generally believed, the Cremorne Gardens in London derive their name.

  • The book is generally believed to have been written by M'Liag, who was living when the battle of Clontarf was fought, and who was chief poet, or secretary, to Brian Boramha.

  • It was, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the port to which most of the Spanish wine destined for Ireland used to come; and it is generally believed that a Spanish type of features can still be noticed on some of its inhabitants.

  • It seems, however, to be generally believed (as without doubt it is the more probable case) that Buonaparte had long ere now received intelligence of the great events in which he was so deeply concerned.

  • The race which chiefly settled in the Swiss region is generally believed to have come from Asia, and advanced across Europe by way of the valley of the Danube.

  • From some primitive level of this group, it is generally believed, the great Deinosaurs arose.

  • Professor Chamberlin) who doubt if the Coal-forests were so exceptionally luxuriant as is generally believed.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    contend with; curious expression; each light; flour enough; generally about; generally accepted; generally adequate; generally admitted; generally applied; generally believed; generally called; generally considered; generally distributed; generally made; generally recognised; generally regarded; generally restricted; generally speaking; generally understood; limited illicit; never can; noble character; spent much; strange thing; strong government; written order