Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [not/n't] be hold [prep] " in BNC.

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1 If a referendum in a union republic failed to endorse secession , a new referendum on secession could not be held for 10 years .
2 The traditional view is that there is no age below which a child can not be held to be guilty of contributory negligence .
3 She was told by the Chief Constable of the district ( who was accompanied by the Inspector who became the respondent in the appeal ) that a meeting could not be held on the spot , but could be held some 175 yards distant , around the corner .
4 the conference will not be held at High Leigh but Swanwick .
5 Minor errors , such as dates or times or places will not be held against the journalist if the gist of the allegation is justified .
6 ‘ Electoral reform can not be held in reserve in case things go wrong .
7 The match can not be held in Moscow because Russian football shuts down in winter , so CSKA have arranged to play their home tie in Spain .
8 As regards his personal injuries there is no warning that the firework can not be held in the hand .
9 The title is fine , and the author 's name should not be held against him .
10 He nevertheless ended the year ranked ninth in the world , with 17.43 metres , and can prepare for the Olympics safe in the knowledge that his event wo n't be held on a Sunday in Barcelona .
11 Under de Klerk 's proposals non-racial elections for an interim government would not be held until March 1994 .
12 It is also the case that people 's sex can not be held to be an effect of their job or their work record ; sex must be assumed to be causally prior to both of these variables .
13 Please note that meetings will not be held on all of the dates given on the form , but I can not say at this early stage how many will actually need to take place .
14 A decision will not be held to be unlawful because it is ‘ unreasonable ’ in the ordinary , non-legal sense .
15 The account may not be held on behalf of a person other than the account-holder .
16 The Tessa legislation specifies that the account must not be held on behalf of another person .
17 The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up .
18 The suggestion is that elections can not be held until mid-1994 .
19 The Council agreed that the company should not be held to the requirement to construct the line from the ‘ Robin Hood' ’ down Elmers End Road to the Beckenham boundary , unless Beckenham U.D.C. constructed a continuation to Elmers End Station .
20 The fact that Baudrillard 's name has been linked with the Situationists should not be held against them .
21 These records need not be held in this ‘ logical ’ sequence ( see Figure 5.9(c) ) , as long as the files are held on direct access storage devices .
22 Yet this is a ability rather than a benefit , and on these grounds the trust can not be held to be valid .
23 The Chief Justice did however stress that a by-law would not be held to be unreasonable simply because a particular judge thought that it went further than was prudent or necessary or convenient .
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