Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [be] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For examples of bye-laws which were held to be ultra vires , see Scottish General Transport Co. v. Glasgow Corporation , 1928 S.C . |
| 2 | Anti-English slanders they were held to be by the genteel Victorian travellers who continued to come to the Pyrenees . |
| 3 | That was the lure of Persia — the fantastic attractions it was held for Westerner ever since the seventeenth century , when traders , ambassadors and princes began to bring back exotic spices , silks and tales . |
| 4 | They gave evidence and opinions at the public inquiries and official investigations which were held into specific projects and general policy , the first of which in Britain was the 1977 Windscale event . |
| 5 | DID you know that UK readers can become members of an Irish railway society and attend some of their meetings which are held in London . |
| 6 | There are also a number of trophies which are held for one year ; the Willis Graham Cup is awarded for the champion berry in the show , judged solely by weight . |
| 7 | The aim of the seminar is to act as a follow-up on the Consultation on the Practice of Communication Education in Theological Seminaries which was held in Seoul , Korea , in 1989 . |
| 8 | However , because of political circumstances it was held in France , in Lille . |
| 9 | At that time , there were 22 women political prisoners who were held in a separate block from the common prisoners , but the number expanded very rapidly : |
| 10 | At this point , the Taxman 's wife expressed moral outrage at the discovery that her husband would , without compunction , report her misdeeds , or those of her daughter , to the authorities , and the Philosopher was left with a sense of having stumbled upon a set of basic moral presumptions which are held in common by one sex , and entirely inverted in the case of the other — a looking-glass reversal of priorities and values . |
| 11 | Harris ( 1984 ) shows that even two varieties which are held by their own speech communities to be related dialects may actually have very different underlying grammatical systems : " deep-seated structural divergences [ may ] exist between varieties which are intuitively felt to be dialects of the same language " ( Harris 1984 : 304 ) . |
| 12 | As there are many dipterocarps at Sepilok , the rarity of food plants there is held to be the main reason for the greater home range and lower population density compared with P. melalophos at Kuala Lompat : the home range is some 70–84ha compared with 31.5 . |
| 13 | But we ought to be aware of what values we 're holding in in various |
| 14 | This is reflected in the syllabus for the Institute examinations which are held at centres throughout the U.K. The first and most essential requirement of any student for any professional examination is that he or she must be able to communicate in the language ( in which he or she will be examined . ) |
| 15 | There are other goods which are held in common ownership , such as the air , the sea and common land , which it is difficult to prevent people from using because property rights in them are not assigned to individual owners . |
| 16 | There were good performances by some of A.F.D. 's youngsters in their national road relay championships which were held at Sutton Coldfield . |
| 17 | The Economic Development Division maintains its own filing system ; all other divisions use the central filing system for official correspondence and papers except for certain specialised project files which are held on the divisions . |
| 18 | What a beneficial change it would be if instead it was acknowledged that these issues present tragic choices between compelling arguments which are held on both sides in good faith . |
| 19 | Most recently a change of heart on the part of the athletics authorities now enables Top competitors To earn very large sums which are held in ‘ trust funds ’ . |
| 20 | War veterans who were held in Japanese labour camps may be a step nearer to receiving compensation . |
| 21 | The chairman of the Transition to Civilian Rule Committee , Air Vice-Marshal ( retd ) Ibrahim Alfa said that the ban had been lifted to enable people to prepare for the local party congresses which were held on June 16 . |
| 22 | I passed my medical check and after two days Alex , Chris , myself and a dozen others were ordered to report for our Intelligence tests which were held in a metal hut at the back of the compound . |
| 23 | Apart from containing pictures of part of the scene where it is said the violent disorder had taken place and an incident leading up to the arrival of the police which was held to be part of the res gestae , the tape would have been useful to establish alibis some defendants wished to rely upon in respect of their presence in the club at a relevant time and the timing between significant incidents . |
| 24 | I do n't pay at the many markets which are held in Cleveland . |
| 25 | Following separate secret ballots which were held on Friday 2 October 1992 , the GS graded staff voted to reject by a 3–1 majority and this was followed by the AP graded staff recording a 4–1 majority in favour of rejection . |
| 26 | Women are not debarred from any legal statuses which are held by men , as they were in the last century . |
| 27 | Subsection ( 5 ) defines ‘ relevant shares ’ as : ‘ shares in the company other than — ( a ) shares which as respects dividends and capital carry a right to participate only up to a specified amount in a distribution , and ( b ) shares which are held by a person who acquired them in pursuance of an employees ’ share scheme or , in the case of shares which have not been allotted , are to be allotted in pursuance of such a scheme . ’ |
| 28 | This is reflected in the fairs , festivals and sports events which are held throughout the year and which attract many sightseers . |
| 29 | It was a privilege for me to be invited to one of the Criterion Evenings which were held at irregular intervals at 24 Russell Square . |
| 30 | From the age of eight onwards he was allowed to dine with his parents at the Bonaparte family dinners which took place every Monday at the Tuileries , and occasionally at more formal dinners which were held in the Galerie de Diane . |