Example sentences of "[noun] [be] hold to [be] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way of life argument was often used against closure since schools were held to be an important aspect of local life since the loss of the teacher and the school building seemed like a sentence of death for the community . |
| 2 | Thinking is held to be an effective activity which involves mental ‘ work ’ . |
| 3 | First , the Common Good' is held to be an illusory concept , which in practice is rarely used to refer to any aim that can fairly be called ‘ common ’ and which might not even refer to a good' at all ; pursuit of ‘ the Common Good ’ is therefore not useful as an identifying objective of democracy , and Schumpeter prefers to identify democracy not by its objectives but as a method . |
| 4 | Then the division into classes was held to be an impediment and a cause of frustration . |
| 5 | By an ‘ ethical a priori ’ position I mean to indicate that certain principles are held to be an a priori and not subject to qualification . |
| 6 | The covenant was held to be an unreasonable restraint of trade . |