Example sentences of "[be] hold to [be] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Ronnie , I think , could be held to be a precursor of P for Patrick Doyle in Kelman 's novel of 1989 , A Disaffection .
2 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 .
3 In his province , Huy remembered , Surere had tried to impose what he had interpreted as the supporting columns of a decent society : sexual responsibility and even monogamy were held to be the roots of a stable family ; sexual relations between members of that family were restricted to cousins .
4 An order or judgment determining that proceedings are at an end because of what is held to be a settlement is reasonably analogous and , adopting the pragmatic approach referred to for instance by Lord Denning M.R. in Salter Rex & Co. v. Ghosh [ 1971 ] 2 Q.B .
5 Latent inhibition is held to be a consequence of the formation of associations among these elements .
6 If the third party act is held to be a novus actus interveniens , then the defendant is not liable for any damage occurring after the act .
7 Television is held to be the voice of France , by the French , and abroad . ’
8 Experience is held to be the foundation for effective pollution control :
9 Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 .
10 Social Integration of Incomers and Shetlanders is held to be the aim , and an achievable aim : achievable especially by dispersal of housing ( DDP : 28 ) .
11 Newspaper articles criticising M.P.s have been held to be a contempt .
12 For instance , Heisenberg 's indeterminacy principle has been held to be a reason to reject the Law of Excluded Middle .
13 Jones & Smith may be inconsistent with Collins , where the accused could have been held to be a trespasser because he exceeded his permission to enter .
14 For that God has been conceived as male , and that biblical teaching which arose out of a patriarchal society has been held to be the revelation of God , must surely be seen to be the underlying facts of western culture which have led to discrimination against women .
15 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 .
16 This was held to be a mistake sufficient to overturn the decision .
17 A stall with wheels was held to be a vehicle in this case .
18 Harrison v Hill [ 1932 ] SC ( J ) 13 where a road maintained by a farmer , leading from the public road to his farmhouse , was held to be a road , the farmer turned away people who were using it from time to time but it was also used by people having no business at the farm ;
19 In Bugge v Taylor ( 1940 ) 104 JP 467 the forecourt of a hotel was held to be a road .
20 Now , you are too young to be aware of this but in the past there was held to be a linkage between so-called ‘ self-abuse ’ and the sebaceous rigours of your time of life .
21 Against all odds , too , smallholders persisted in trying to grow com , for ploughing and reaping , rather than minding sheep , was held to be a man 's proper work ; the argument that the cornfield was the nursery of archers , who still formed the backbone of English armies , looks like a rationalisation of this instinct .
22 That was held to be a confession .
23 A good illustration of ‘ intended ’ is found in the case of Childs v Coghlan ( 1968 ) 112 Sol Jo 175 where a 30 ton earth mover which was made for use on construction sites and not roads was held to be a motor vehicle .
24 In that case the sale of woollen underwear across the counter was held to be a sale by description .
25 In this respect , a document purporting to be a sale of hire purchase agreements was construed by Eve J at first instance in Re George Inglefield [ 1933 ] Ch 1 , as a charge on book debts whereas , in the Court of Appeal ( at p27 ) , it was held to be a sale : " [ There is ] no reason whatever for attempting to drag the transaction within the operation of the section [ s 395 of the Companies Act 1985 ] by calling it something which in truth it is not . "
26 In Nichol v Godts ( 1854 ) 10 Exch 191 , a sale of " foreign refined rape oil , warranted only equal to samples " was held to be a sale by description so that a seller could not deliver something which , although equal to sample , could not match the contract description .
27 In Fagan ( see above and Chapter 4 ) , it was held to be a battery when the accused inadvertently applied force and wrongfully decided not to stop using it .
28 In so far as any thought was given to the curriculum , this was held to be a matter for expert ‘ curriculum designers ’ who spoke in a language all their own , and seldom impinged on the consciousness of the public .
29 1983 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 95 , it was held to be a breach of natural justice , where a licensing board consulted with the director of environmental health at their deliberations , where he had put in a report objecting to the grant of a licence .
30 In that case the making of a television series by the defendants based on a concept communicated in confidence by the plaintiffs was held to be a breach of confidence .
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