Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [was/were] hold to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The benefit to be assessed on teachers at Malvern College in respect of their children 's education there was held to be the marginal cost to the school of providing the education , less any contribution the teachers made . |
| 2 | His decision stated he had made assumptions about the lease which were held to be incorrect , and those errors resulted in the premises being valued on a fundamentally wrong basis . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | As the restriction sought to prevent the defendant from taking employment with a competitor in the general PVC calendering field it was held to be too wide . |