Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] held " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second , where I was held , was filled with Amal prisoners taken in the fighting and with local Lebanese hostages . |
| 2 | Erm I wanted to make sure I 'd got the right turning I think was the answer but there was no reason to say I had problems finding you or I was held up I 'm sorry for that or , or anything , there was no , there was no actual acknowledgement or reason for being late . |
| 3 | Where we are held to be contracting carriers for the purposes of air or sea carriage please note that our liability is limited in the manner provided by relevant international conventions , ‘ special contract ’ with Governments or UK statute law . |
| 4 | With this system the batteries , usually PP3s but sometimes AAs in pods , just drop into the detector 's battery compartments where they are held against internal contacts by pressure , usually from the battery door . |
| 5 | Then they are trucked long distances to toil on remote plantations where they are held prisoner and compelled to work at gunpoint . |
| 6 | Presence of hostages and where they are held . |
| 7 | Or they are held in the arms and quietly soothed — of course they 're sad to be going . |
| 8 | His official car was intercepted in the centre of Vilnius , and he was taken in handcuffs to the OMON headquarters outside the city , where he was held for questioning for nearly 12 hours before being released . |
| 9 | Following violent protest riots in the mainly English-speaking North-West Province , centred on Fru Ndi 's home town of Bamenda , about 150 gendarmes were said to have surrounded the opposition leader 's house , where he was held with over 100 relatives and followers . |
| 10 | ( p944 ) His Lordship specifically rejected the argument that drivability was the sole test of merchantability and overturned the decision at first instance ( [ 1987 ] 2 WLR 353 ) where it is held that the vehicle was merchantable as its defects did not destroy " the workable character " of the machine . |
| 11 | Northwestern Bell Telephone Co et al , where it was held that proof of an organised crime nexus is not required for RICO to be invoked , it is now clear that the draconian penalties applicable under RICO may be used against insider dealers . |
| 12 | The issue of direct application of Directive 76/207 has more recently been debated in the European Court in the case of Foster v. British Gas [ 1991 ] 2 WLR 258 , where it was held that provisions of a Directive which were capable of having direct effect could be relied upon by bodies made responsible by the state for providing a public service under state control where such bodies held –special powers ' in relation to such a function . |
| 13 | It was not however accepted by the Court of Appeal in Peter Andrew Russell where it was held that the conversion of the salt ( cocaine hydrochloride ) into the base form amounted to production . |
| 14 | Reliance was placed on Director of Public Prosecutions v. Ellis [ 1973 ] 1 W.L.R. 722 , where it was held that the fact that two accused persons had been prosecuted to conviction did not mean that the purposes of Part I of the Act , namely securing compliance with and detecting evasion of the Act , were spent ; and that accordingly it was still open to the authorities to employ their powers to obtain information relative to the same transaction from another person . |
| 15 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 16 | For discussion of adequate display of notice , see Tevan v. Motherwell District Licensing Board ( No. 1 ) 1985 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 14 , where it was held that display of a notice within a post office was sufficient . |
| 17 | Where an application to transfer a licence on a change of person with day to day responsibility is lodged out with the eight week time limit , see Argyll Arms ( McManus ) Ltd. v. Lorn , Mid-Argyll , Kintyre and Islay Divisional Licensing Board , 1988 S.L.T. 290 , where it was held that the board required to hear the application outwith the eight week period despite the provision that the licence ceases to have effect . |
| 18 | See also Chief Constable of Grampian v. Aberdeen District Lit. , oil Board , 1979 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 2 , where it was held that mere reiteration of the wording of s. 17(1) ( b ) of the Act was insufficient . |
| 19 | For further discussion of " facilities of the same or similar kind " , see Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 , where it was held that it is the facilities which have to be the same or similar , not the type of licence . |
| 20 | 563 , where it was held that it included alterations to passages and means of access . |
| 21 | Il ; Lazerdale Ltd. v. City of Glasgow Licensing Board , 1988 G.W.D. 36–1484 ( 1st Div. ) where it was held that a radius of 200 metres was a reasonable " locality " under s. 17(I) ( d ) within Glasgow , and Bury v. Kilmarnock and Loudon District Licensing Board , 1989 S.L.T. 110 , where it was held that the board had exercised its discretion unreasonably in refusing to consider an application for an extension on the basis of non-representation without asking whether that non-representation was material as they had all the facts before them . |
| 22 | Il ; Lazerdale Ltd. v. City of Glasgow Licensing Board , 1988 G.W.D. 36–1484 ( 1st Div. ) where it was held that a radius of 200 metres was a reasonable " locality " under s. 17(I) ( d ) within Glasgow , and Bury v. Kilmarnock and Loudon District Licensing Board , 1989 S.L.T. 110 , where it was held that the board had exercised its discretion unreasonably in refusing to consider an application for an extension on the basis of non-representation without asking whether that non-representation was material as they had all the facts before them . |
| 23 | For a detailed criticism of this rule and the problems which it causes , when there is material conflict in the averments made by an appellant and the licensing board , see Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd. v. City of Aberdeen District Licensing Board , cit. , where it was held that in the case of a conflict of averments , the court could not go behind what appeared in the board 's pleadings. ( 6 ) In Jack v. Edinburgh Corporation , 1973 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 64 , it was held that where an appeal was considered in circumstances substantially different from those considered by the licensing authority , the proper course was to remit back to the authority for reconsideration . |
| 24 | This alters the previous law , where it was held in effect that where a policeman was the only witness to what had occurred , no offence was committed . |
| 25 | This fact was emphasised in Fletcher v. Budgen ( 1974 C.A. ) where it was held that even a buyer can commit the offence . |
| 26 | Davies v. Sumner is the leading authority on the meaning of the expression ‘ in the course of a business ’ and has been followed in a case under the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , R. & B. Customs Brokers v. United Dominion Trust , where it was held that a business 's buying of two or three cars over a period of five years was an insufficient degree of regularity for the latest such purchase to be regarded as made in the course of the business ( see paragraph 10–18 above . ) |
| 27 | This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply . |
| 28 | This happened in the United States case of NEC Corp. v Intel Corp. ( 1989 ) where it was held that Intel 's microcode programs were dictated by the instruction set of the microprocessors and , as there were no alternative ways of expressing the ideas incorporated , reverse analysis of the microcode programs did not infringe copyright . |
| 29 | An attempt to reconcile the cases was made in Taylor Woodrow Property Co Ltd v Lonrho Textiles Ltd ( 1985 ) 275 EG 632 , where it was held that a " two-way " deeming provision ( ie which applied to both landlord and tenant ) made time of the essence , but a " one-way " deeming provision ( ie which applied to the tenant alone ) did not . |
| 30 | The first move will be to alert all my known contacts , to request that I be held incommunicado if I approach any of them … ’ |