Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [modal v] [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | What worried her most of all was that she might be held in equal suspicion . |
| 2 | They would not let her speak at table and made her wear a white canvas apron and a short gown ‘ so that she should be held a fool ’ ; but , said Margery with unholy self-satisfaction , ‘ she was held in more worship than they were , wherever they went ’ . |
| 3 | Did they not tell you that you might be held ? |
| 4 | Find the name of the news editor or the particular specialist reporter and announce that you will be holding the conference to make a ‘ significant announcement ’ . |
| 5 | Until more is known concerning his death , I judge that you must be held in confinement within my custody . |
| 6 | Mswati did not specify who would decide on the incorporation of the Vusela-2 recommendations into a new constitution , neither did he give a new date for elections , which had been due in November , although he said on Oct. 26 that they would be held in the first half of 1993 . |
| 7 | Apart from straightforward fountains , ornaments depicting cherubs , mermaids and similar characters can be purchased , each designed to take a pump outlet so that water can spout from its mouth ( Fig. 6 ) , or a shell , or any similar object that they might be holding . |
| 8 | That they should be held outside the US was for reasons which follow . |
| 9 | As he remarks , there has been a widely held view ‘ that , in respect of early Baroque music generally … the proportional signatures … arose from within a system that had simply lapsed into ‘ chaotic confusion ’ so that they can be held to convey no precise or credible information . |
| 10 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 11 | It was a matter of pride , of principle , among the faithful that it should be held . |
| 12 | She stressed , too , that it should be held in public as families across Britain , from Cornwall to Orkney , were at risk from over-zealous authorities . |
| 13 | Two ties may be enough for a 3ft ( 0.9m ) stem , a 4 or 5ft ( 1.2 or 1.5m ) stem will require three , and maybe even a fourth if you also need to pull in a bent stem so that it can be held straight to grow out of its misshapen state gradually . |
| 14 | Each instruction is encoded in such a way that it can be held in a store location , so that the store contains both the data being operated on and the program of instructions specifying the operations to be performed . |
| 15 | He did add , however : ‘ But it is possible that it could be held elsewhere , maybe in Italy , Germany or Britain . ’ |
| 16 | Dunbar , all agreed , would be a good place to get out of , since it was impossible , despite these improved defences , that it could be held against its own lord and the whole might of England 's king . |
| 17 | The advantage of a pillbox line was that it could be held with fewer men who could , therefore , be rotated more frequently : another morale-boosting factor . |
| 18 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 19 | Where the director 's responsibilities as a member of the parent company 's board include oversight of the activities of the subsidiary , it is likely that he would be held to have an obligation to communicate information concerning the subsidiary to the parent . |
| 20 | Suppose by mistake or accident he fails to repay on the day named , is it fair that he should be held to the terms of the deed ? |
| 21 | The survey is usually carried out by a chartered surveyor , which means — in theory at least — that he can be held liable for negligence and sued for damages . |