Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] [be] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since statements like ‘ God is Love ’ fall into neither category they are held to be meaningless . |
| 2 | In this case it was held by the European Court that where the Community has exercised an express internal power , the corresponding external powers , that is , the power to negotiate an international agreement relating to external aspects of the same matter , fell within Community competence . |
| 3 | Despite the uncertainty of holding this event it was held on Saturday , 2nd March and was a tremendous success despite the smallness of the numbers attending . |
| 4 | This time it was held in St Margaret 's Hope School , the newly built primary school in a commanding position on a hill above the village looking out over the sea . |
| 5 | However , because of political circumstances it was held in France , in Lille . |
| 6 | Anti-English slanders they were held to be by the genteel Victorian travellers who continued to come to the Pyrenees . |
| 7 | Very soon after the enactment of the 1846 Act it was held by the courts that the action was based upon financial loss and nothing else . |
| 8 | 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 . |