Example sentences of "[been] held [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is in fact the statutory definition under Scottish law , but the English decisions hardly go so far , for the fact that the assets on realisation would not repay the debentures in full has been held insufficient . |
| 2 | In no other country on earth have ancient traditions and their ritualized expression been held intact in their undiluted form from time immemorial . |
| 3 | Since then she had deliberately avoided any involvement in man-woman affairs , so had not been held close in strong arms , not been kissed , had not made love . |
| 4 | He had been held scoreless for the first twenty-five minutes of the game but certainly went to town afterwards ! |
| 5 | This same invincible figure has been held responsible for some blunder , or has for some other reason fallen out of favour with his employers , leaves the house where he came to fame and is never heard of again . |
| 6 | Non-use has essentially been considered as a negative response to the catalogue and the library user has been held responsible for his own shortcomings . |
| 7 | Secondly , the deregulation and expansion of financial activity generally , have been held responsible for a sharp fall in velocity since 1981 . |
| 8 | Zhu was reportedly dismissed because of his links with liberal policies , and might have been held responsible for the participation of union members in the pro-democracy protests of May and June . |
| 9 | The Gang , headed by Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , had been held responsible for the excesses of China 's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution . |
| 10 | Aideed 's fighters have been held responsible for killing 23 Pakistani UN peacekeeping troops on June 5 . |
| 11 | Bentley was mentally deficient and many believed he should not have been held responsible for his actions . |
| 12 | Fairness also appears to have a more substantive role manifesting itself in the prohibition of discrimination , in the case law on estoppel , in the proportionality of the punishment to the offence committed , in cases where delay has been held prejudicial to important rights , and in the development of the idea of legitimate expectations . |
| 13 | In the second part of Table 6.6(b) all of the variables have been held constant except for , the correlation coefficient between the various portfolios and the market . |
| 14 | Therefore in Daniels v. White it would seem that the employer ( the defendant ) ought to have been held liable . |
| 15 | An employer has been held liable where he failed to take steps to deal with a practical joker whom he knew about ( Hudson v Ridge Manufacturing ( 1957 ) ) . |
| 16 | In Nevanas ( SV ) & Co Ltd v Walker & Foreman [ 1914 ] 1 Ch 413 Sargant J said " The covenant has not been held bad because it might work unreasonably in certain exceptional circumstances not within its main and principal purpose and meaning " . |
| 17 | The long back legs of such hunters look highly suitable for running , and as they did so the long tail may have been held erect as a kind of counter-balance ( see p. 116 ) . |
| 18 | The prisoners have been held incommunicado for eighteen years . |
| 19 | Daphne Parish , a British nurse , has been held incommunicado since last month for giving information on casualties caused by an explosion at an Iraqi missile plant in August . |
| 20 | After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health . |
| 21 | The reason for drawing a distinction between Francis and Findlay though both had been held incommunicado in breach of PACE was that Francis , unlike Findlay , had been able to see his solicitor for half an hour before signing the notes . |
| 22 | Before lapsing into a coma Suzanne , who had left home after a row with her stepfather , told rescuers she had been held captive for a week . |
| 23 | She said : ‘ About two weeks after we had been held captive by the Iraqis , one of the air crew told us that there were SAS soldiers on board the plane . |
| 24 | She had been physically hurt when she was dragged from the villa and she had been held captive ever since . |