Example sentences of "[be] hold to [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Television is held to be the voice of France , by the French , and abroad . ’ |
2 | Experience is held to be the foundation for effective pollution control : |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Social Integration of Incomers and Shetlanders is held to be the aim , and an achievable aim : achievable especially by dispersal of housing ( DDP : 28 ) . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | This was held to be the case in Mantovani v. |
7 | Such was held to be the case in Sebel Products Ltd. v. Commissioners of Customs and Excise [ 1949 ] Ch. 409 ( although the legal basis upon which Vaisey J. there inferred the existence of such an agreement may be open to criticism ) . |
8 | Such an attitude explains the attractions of the Friars and other contemporary groups who embraced poverty in their search for salvation and a return to what was held to be the simplicity of the " primitive " Church ; but it was remote from the active role of the papacy from the eleventh century onwards , committed to achieving its aims through government , diplomacy and the law . |
9 | Though promotion from one class to another was possible , it was across a wide gulf as the distinction between classes was held to be the distinction between mechanical and intellectual activity . |
10 | Danzig was a party to the Treaty of Paris of 1920 but not to the Treaty of Versailles , which was held to be the source of the rights conferred upon Poland and the organic limitations on Danzig . |
11 | One of the things that surprised me when I first read the New Testament seriously was that it was always talking about a Dark Power in the universe — a mighty evil spirit who was held to be the Power behind death and disease , and sin . |