Example sentences of "[not/n't] [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has not been held away from home for long . ’ |
| 2 | The Eddie Aikau was supposed to be an annual event , but it had not been held in three years for want of perfect conditions . |
| 3 | It requires the abolition of trade union immunities , the ending of legal protection for the ‘ closed shop ’ , the introduction of legally enforceable collective agreements , the sequestration of trade union funds in cases in which secret ballots have not been held in support of strike action , and the provision by trade unions of greater information regarding their financial affairs . |
| 4 | The lenders , whose objects were left in embarrassing limbo when the show made museum history and went bankrupt a month early , may have asked themselves whether they would have been prepared to lend had it not been held at the V&A , and , in fact , it was the V&A which was left with the unbudgeted task of getting the exhibits back to the owners . |
| 5 | He had been his own man on the training run at Quantico and it had not been held against him there . |
| 6 | Polling was initially postponed until January 1990 [ see p. 37030 ] , but as of early April elections had not been held . |
| 7 | One seat was occupied by the Speaker , and there were 11 vacancies ( six in Jammu and Kashmir where elections had not been held , three in Bihar , one in Uttar Pradesh and one in Delhi ) . |
| 8 | 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 " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Cllr Johnston said it took the city solicitor 's department two hours to find the application forms , after he had asked why interviews had not been held . |
| 11 | Again , these can not be holding companies , but may carry out financing , factoring , treasury management and similar activities . |
| 12 | Christie 's will not be holding sales in Germany next year as it is our policy to centralise ‘ European ’ sales in London where the international range of buyers and sellers can benefit from the best marketing and auctioneering available . |
| 13 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 14 | Sir Derek believes he should not be held to blame since the fraud occurred in the accounts of International Signal and Control , which had received a ‘ clean ’ audit when Ferranti bought the company two years ago . |
| 15 | ‘ Electoral reform can not be held in reserve in case things go wrong . |
| 16 | A decision will not be held to be unlawful because it is ‘ unreasonable ’ in the ordinary , non-legal sense . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 18 | Young people should have the right of independent counselling , and should not be held in police cells . |
| 19 | The fact that Baudrillard 's name has been linked with the Situationists should not be held against them . |
| 20 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 21 | They took comfort from Dr Kohl 's apparent embrace of the need for more detailed discussion of the Delors proposals and more powers for the European Parliament and restated their belief that a conference on economic and monetary union should not be held hastily . |
| 22 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 23 | They took comfort from Dr Kohl 's apparent embrace of the need for more detailed discussion of the Delors proposals and more powers for the European Parliament and restated their belief that a conference on economic and monetary union should not be held hastily . |
| 24 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 25 | The Princess Elizabeth for 32 school crews is unchanged , but the Special Race for Schools , started over a shorter course for those involved in exams , will not be held . |
| 26 | The rules of Equity as to stipulations about time and other provisions which would not be held by Equity to be of the essence of the contract , are to prevail in all cases . |
| 27 | We can not be held responsible for returned goods lost in transit . |
| 28 | If we do not actually receive the money within this period , our computer will automatically cancel your reservation and we can not be held responsible if that holiday is subsequently not available . |
| 29 | Should anyone be refused admission to the flight or to the destination country by the airline or government authority then we are powerless to assist and can not be held responsible . |
| 30 | Accordingly , generalization decrement can not be held responsible for the context-specificity of the CR seen in the latter case . |