be widely held
be commonly held
be generally held

The event is generally held in the first week of May each year.

Until 2009 it was generally held during the first weeks of April.

It was generally held that they should be looked after.

The latter is no longer generally held to be true.

It is generally held on the last weekend of April.

It has generally held an audience of much more than 20 million during its three decades on television.

It is generally held two weeks after the street festival.

It is a three day long event, generally held at the end of January every year since 2007.

The same pattern generally holds in the rest of the South.

The ship generally holds enough fresh water to keep going for around four weeks.