It has been widely assumed that Brown is way ahead.
It seems to have widely assumed that he was dead.
The answer is open to debate, but widely assumed to be No.
It is widely assumed he or someone around him made a mistake.
Some, indeed, may see this as evidence of the higher purpose that was widely assumed back in the 19th century.
He had been widely assumed to be preparing a run for president.
But food is widely assumed to have a sexual dimension.
Once these were flushed out of the system, it was widely assumed, things would start to get better again.
Even before he spoke out, it was widely assumed that Israel had nuclear arms.
It had been widely assumed until recently that human evolution more or less stopped 50,000 years ago.