Sentences with phrase «widely regarded»

She was widely regarded as a strong contender for the speakership and her exit from the Council left the speaker race dominated by men.

She is widely regarded as relentless in her pursuit of wrongdoing, especially when it comes to cases involving drunk drivers and drugs.

Beyond this, some are widely regarded as having failed amid crisis, splits and defeats, especially John Major and Gordon Brown.

She was subsequently moved to the post of Minister of State at the Foreign Office and Minister for Faith and Communities in Mr Cameron's 2012 re-shuffle in a move widely regarded as a demotion.

Such unscientific polls are widely regarded as unreliable, but Dietl nonetheless seized on the positive result as a significant marker.

The 11th Congressional District seat he's seeking is widely regarded as likely to stay Republican despite former Rep. Michael Grimm's guilty plea to federal tax evasion and subsequent resignation.

«Alicia is widely regarded as an outstanding «community banker» with particular expertise in affordable housing and social investment,» Ms. Wylde said in a statement.

Sergei Eisenstein's seminal 1925 film about a naval mutiny is still widely regarded as one of the most influential propaganda films of all time - it was named «Greatest Film of All Time» at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels.

The D.C. case is widely regarded as a success, but not because of improvement in the economy.

The system was called the «tripartite system», because it also provided for a third type of school, the technical school, but few were ever established, and the system was widely regarded as being bipartite, with the best going to grammar schools and the rest going to the secondary moderns.

Needless to say, this «back to the Thatcherite future» call was not widely regarded as inspirational, and such a scheme will not be seen as any more appealing, however many times it is repackaged.

WASHINGTON — One early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely regarded as imperfect...

The ballot in Tuesday's special election includes six candidates, but Rafael Salamanca Jr. is widely regarded as the favorite.

«When countries that had public finances in a comparable state to ours last May are still fighting off the terrible spectre of sovereign debt default, it would be terrible folly to slow the pace of what is widely regarded as a necessary fiscal consolidation.

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was widely regarded as the Democratic front - runner when the 2013 mayor's race began, despite simmering resentment in the party about the way she'd wielded power at times and, more importantly, about her role in extending term limits.

Perhaps more importantly, the outbreak of war in former Yugoslavia, and what was widely regarded as the EU's confused, divided and often impotent response to it, not only illustrated the weakness of the EU's political present, but also indicated that regional conflicts had replaced large - scale territorial war as the principal security threat.

«Teaching is now widely regarded as one of the most stressful occupations in the country.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York named John C. Williams as its next president, choosing a longtime insider for what is widely regarded as one of the Fed's most influential positions.

And, he saw it as an opportunity to go up against a establishment candidate with what was widely regarded as the «A» team of Democratic Party consultants.

The man widely regarded as frontrunner to become the next commissioner of the Metropolitan police has said the government should consider talking to al - Qaida.

Cons: Resting on the tummy is widely regarded as the worst sleeping position.

He's widely regarded as the leading homeopathic pediatrician in Los Angeles and is the founder of ChildLife Essentials ®, the first complete line of nutritional supplements for infants and children.

That's roughly one - fourth the number of children who qualify at schools for free or reduced price lunches — widely regarded as the only nutritious meal many needy kids receive during the school year.

Swedish artist Lars Jonsson is widely regarded as one of the greatest living bird artists.

Your slow cooker might take a while to reach 165 F, which is widely regarded as the temperature at which most illness - causing bacteria are killed.

Hospital birth technologies (such as the cesarean section option) are widely regarded as highly overused, which is to say, rarely needed as a true defense,» (Balch, nd).

Jim is a Venture Partner at Reach Capital, an edtech social impact venture fund, and co-founded Teachers» Curriculum Institute, widely regarded as the nation's most innovative publisher of K - 12 social studies curriculum.

Iceland's 2 - 1 win over England is widely regarded as the biggest upsets in history of European championship and this Iceland side has something about them which will be making French squad nervous.

Shocking for someone who is widely regarded as not only the best winger, but also one of the best players, in the EPL.

Mourinho is widely regarded as the greatest manager in the world.

Eto'o is widely regarded as being a Barcelona legend winning every title in domestic and European football at the club.

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He currently captains the senior national team of Austria and he is widely regarded as one of the best left full back in the world.

Recent reports have indicated that Luis Enrique is being lined up as Antonio Conte's replacement, despite Napoli's Maurizio Sarri being widely regarded as Roman Abramovich's «dream choice» for the top job at Chelsea.

The 27 Year - Old World Cup winner has been in impressive form for Roberto Di Matteo's side this campaign and is widely regarded as one of the most complete defenders of today's game.

During Lee Young - Pro's two - year spell in the Eredivise, the South Korean was widely regarded as the best left - back in the division, such was the impact he made for PSV.

Guardiola stunned reporters and City fans alike at the start of his first season in English soccer by publicly calling out Aguero, saying he expected more from a player who has long been widely regarded as the best striker in the Premier League.

With perhaps the exception of Ryan Giggs, Sir Bobby Charlton is widely regarded as United's greatest ever player, however, his comments regarding Duncan Edwards show just how highly - rated he was.

Rabiot is widely regarded to be one of the best products of the PSG academy in the past few years but his mentality has regularly been called into question.

Diego Godin is widely regarded to be one of the finest central defenders in the business and he has been outstanding this season, completing 73 defensive actions.

Arsenal first moved to their London Colney base in 1999, with Wenger designing the facility to a specification that made it widely regarded as the very best in the Premier League.

A profit yield of 5 % is widely regarded amongst professional gamblers to be a healthy return - and Football-Bookmakers.com is seeing profits of more than twice of that.

He is widely regarded as Ukraine's most promising talent in recent years, and City will be keenly monitoring his progress at PSV.

According to Sky Sports News, Mourinho is eager to push through a reunion with 24 - year - old Varane, who is widely regarded as one of the best centre - backs in world football.

Widely regarded as one of the finest young emerging full backs in Italy, his return from injury caught the attention of head coach of the main team Luciano Spalleti.

Mendy's performances were recognised in the end - of - season awards in France, with the left - back named in the Ligue 1 Team of the Year, and he was widely regarded as being one of the best attacking full - backs in the Champions League.

The 74 - year - old Brazilian legend, who is widely regarded to be among the greatest players of all time, made the claim when talking about the tactics of Diego Costa against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.

Widely regarded as the best player on the planet, Messi has seven goals under his belt in his last eight» El Clasico» appearances.

Douglas Costa is widely regarded as the most exciting player in Shakhtar's squad, and was one of the six players who initially refused to return to Ukraine due to the political turmoil.

Bogeyman Noun An imaginary evil spirit used to frighten children - A person or thing widely regarded as an object of fear There was once a story that was told all across world.