This demand for six months was widely perceived as excessive.

Changes in Egypt are widely perceived to be the key.

At the same time, medical science itself is widely perceived to be in a Renaissance period.

Iraq, however, is widely perceived as a war of "choice."

In the end, the venture was widely perceived as a failure.

Brown was widely perceived to have failed in this position.

Each, however, is widely perceived as too small to survive on its own.

The move was widely perceived as a government's assault on freedom of the press.

"Violence is widely perceived to be a serious problem in American society," he said.

Gorbachev, after all, is now widely perceived as a failure.