Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] held to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If a decision is held to be non-justiciable the court will decline jurisdiction over it . |
| 32 | In the proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for an injunction , the question arose whether the Secretary of State should be required to give an undertaking in damages to recompense Hoffmann-La Roche in the event of the Order being held to be invalid . |
| 33 | Even if my assessment of its implications concerning the relative order of emergence of the intentional ingredient and of syntactic structure were held to be incorrect , the mechanism of that evolution might be of independent interest , and be seen as bearing on other problems besides ( especially in developmental psychology and theoretical linguistics ) . |
| 34 | Lower than expected corporate tax revenues and rising welfare expenditure were held to be accountable for the increased projection . |
| 35 | It was unthinkable that a Bonaparte , the heir to the throne , should not receive a baptism of fire and the Prince was held to be old enough to face up to this . |
| 36 | The decision was held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Soviet Presidium on 20 November and the Baltic republics came in for severe criticism from other delegates at the Supreme Soviet session on 1 December which passed the constitutional amendments into law . |
| 37 | If the judgment were held to be retrospective in its effect , the potential costs would , as the profession pointed out , have caused major difficulties for many employers . |
| 38 | If the lapse of time is held to be unreasonable , there is no contract . |
| 39 | His point is a simple enough one : the application of technology is held to be value-free and independent of any human motives : |
| 40 | The costs agreement was held to be valid and enforceable . |
| 41 | In one unreported case , a threat to the woman 's boyfriend was held to be insufficient . |
| 42 | Discovery to find the identity of a wrongdoer was held to be available against anyone against whom the plaintiff has a cause of action in relation to the same wrong ; someone who has become ‘ mixed up in the affair ’ and incurred any liability to the person wronged must make full disclosure on that point even though the person wronged has no intention of proceeding against him . |
| 43 | The creation or destruction of atoms or of energy was held to be impossible , at any rate for mankind — the beginning and end of the universe was generally accepted not to be the concern of scientists , down to very late in the century . |