Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [be] hold to be " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | v. Grant , or some other authority to the same effect , and saying that by our law an offeror can be landed with a contract even though he never receives an acceptance , since the contract is held to be complete on the posting of the letter of acceptance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In Jones v Livox Quarries , the plaintiff 's position on the traxcavator was held to be one of the causes of his damage , although the most obvious risk to the plaintiff was that he would fall off . |
| 5 | Indeed , in Tolson this was expressed to be the case even where the crime was held to be one requiring proof of a mental element . |
| 6 | Each of the five judgments rambles over the territory in what can only be called a head-scratching way , making it impossible for the consumer of the judgment to know at the end just what the law is held to be , except negatively , and then only negatively on a few points . |
| 7 | Not only are personal data not protected if a Cabinet Minister certifies that exemption is required ‘ for the purpose of safeguarding national security ’ ( a rather vague and wide catch-all phrase ) but there are other exemptions where the protection afforded by the Act is held to be ‘ likely to prejudice ’ the prevention or detection of crime , the apprehension or prosecution of offenders , or the assessment or collection of any tax or duty . |
| 8 | The question is held to be one for the unrestricted discretion of the jury or magistrates who are allowed to find that even a bruise is enough . |
| 9 | The cause of the accident was held to be the unsafe system of work used by the plaintiff 's employers rather than use of the premises . |
| 10 | Thus , when the trustees applied the dividend monies for the benefit of the actor 's minor children the actor was held to be taxable upon the same . |
| 11 | The infant is held to be beset by anxiety which is believed to be related both to the notion of the death instinct , and to its confrontation with the complexity and contradictory nature of its environment . |
| 12 | The excess was held to be recoverable as not having been paid voluntarily . |
| 13 | Thus , in R v Lincoln ( Kesteven ) County Justices , ex p M ( a Minor ) [ 1976 ] 1 All ER 490 , evidence that a father was having incestuous relations with the two older sisters of a child before the court was held to be relevant and admissible . |
| 14 | The taxation and social-security systems , for instance , assume that the man is working and the wife is not ; the wife is held to be financially dependent on her husband . |
| 15 | The covenant was held to be an unreasonable restraint of trade . |
| 16 | In that case the sale of woollen underwear across the counter was held to be a sale by description . |
| 17 | The clause was held to be unreasonable . |
| 18 | In view of the high cost of property , the extent of the risk to a buyer if the survey report was negligent , the fact that the parties were of unequal bargaining power , the relatively low risk to the surveyor , and the fact that the parties would know that the buyer would be unlikely to obtain a second survey report , the clause was held to be unreasonable . |
| 19 | The seizure was held to be lawful as police entering premises with a warrant had authority to remove anything which they believed to have been stolen . |
| 20 | This argument was rejected and the patent was held to be valid as the many unsuccessful attempts by inventors to find a solution coupled with the immediate commercial success of the present invention denied the possibility of a finding of obviousness . |
| 21 | If the duty were held to be unexcludable , this would have the odd effect that a trespasser to premises not in business use could be better off than a visitor . |
| 22 | The bank were held to be affected by the knowledge of the independent solicitor , Mr. Hallworth , of the undue influence brought upon Mrs. Aboody to sign the particular charge . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | If a decision is held to be non-justiciable the court will decline jurisdiction over it . |
| 26 | In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins . |
| 27 | It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation . |
| 28 | This seems to be at variance with John Jones where a number of incidents over a period were held to be duplicitously charged as a single count of affray . |
| 29 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 30 | The omission of positive words in the statute requiring a hearing was held to be no bar since the justice of the common law would supply the omission of the legislature . |