Example sentences of "[is] [adv] hold to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This exclusion is generally held to be applicable when a criminal prosecution is in prospect . |
| 2 | Curriculum reform , whether it is centrally determined or based on local or in-school planning , is generally held to be impossible unless it is firmly based on a plan for public examinations . |
| 3 | It is enough to recall that Ricardo 's labour theory of value , on which it depends , is generally held to be fallacious in its assertion that the price of goods or services is solely determined by the amount of socially necessary labour required to produce or provide them , and so ignores the cost of other inputs and the effect of demand . |
| 4 | The rainforest is also held to be useful to us because it will help to mitigate the worst impacts of global warming . |
| 5 | Since it is a deliberate response to God 's truth , unbelief is definitely held to be responsible . |
| 6 | On the other hand , if an explanation is given , the creditor may be taken to have assumed a duty of care and to be at risk of liability in damages if the explanation is subsequently held to be inadequate . |