Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] hold to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins . |
| 2 | This practice was held to be lawful in an earlier case , in which Lord Justice Woolf referred to ; |
| 3 | Whether in fact any such obligations have been created depends on the construction of the lease ; and there is nothing which requires the lease to be constructed in such a way as to avoid , if possible , the creation of such obligations ( Bradshaw v Pawley [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 10 , where liability for rent was held to be retrospective ) . |
| 4 | In Jones v Livox Quarries , the plaintiff 's position on the traxcavator was held to be one of the causes of his damage , although the most obvious risk to the plaintiff was that he would fall off . |
| 5 | Frightening a woman by looking into her bedsit at eleven at night causing her to fear violence was held to be immediate despite the fact that the victim could have escaped in the time it would have taken for the accused to get to her : Smith v Chief Superintendent , Woking Police Station ( 1983 ) 76 Cr App R 234 ( DC ) . |
| 6 | Thus , in Doughty ( 1986 ) , the crying of a 17-day-old child was held to be sufficient to fall within the requirement ( even though such an infant is not aware of the significance of what he or she is doing ) , whereas someone who loses self-control after a storm or explosion has destroyed his property would be outside the requirement . |
| 7 | Thus in Couturier v. Hastie ( 1856 H.L. ) a contract to sell a cargo of corn was held to be void because , unknown to the seller , the ship 's master had already sold it in Tunisia , as it had begun to ferment en route . |
| 8 | In McAvan v London Transport Executive ( 1983 ) 133 NLJ 1101 reports prepared by a bus crew and an inspector after an accident were held to be privileged as their dominant purpose was to ascertain blame if a subsequent claim was made . |
| 9 | Thus , when the trustees applied the dividend monies for the benefit of the actor 's minor children the actor was held to be taxable upon the same . |
| 10 | See Prime v. Hart/it. 1978 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 71 , where intimation of an objection to the applicant 's agent/employer was held to be sufficient intimation in terms of the section . |
| 11 | Thus , in R v Lincoln ( Kesteven ) County Justices , ex p M ( a Minor ) [ 1976 ] 1 All ER 490 , evidence that a father was having incestuous relations with the two older sisters of a child before the court was held to be relevant and admissible . |
| 12 | The excess was held to be recoverable as not having been paid voluntarily . |
| 13 | Not surprisingly , such policy was held to be invalid since it purported to override the express statutory duty , imposed by section 6(5) , to give effect to parental preference whether or not the child comes from the area of the local education authority . |
| 14 | See D. A. Haddow Ltd. v. < " s " of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 5 , where refusal to grant a licence on the ground that the grant would disturb the distribution of licences within a limitation area was held to be incompetent . |
| 15 | The clause was held to be unreasonable . |
| 16 | In view of the high cost of property , the extent of the risk to a buyer if the survey report was negligent , the fact that the parties were of unequal bargaining power , the relatively low risk to the surveyor , and the fact that the parties would know that the buyer would be unlikely to obtain a second survey report , the clause was held to be unreasonable . |
| 17 | See also Ginera v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 136 where an application for Sunday opening in respect of a provisional grant of licence was held to be incompetent as the licence is not in force and only the holder of a public house licence can make application for Sunday opening . |
| 18 | If the duty were held to be unexcludable , this would have the odd effect that a trespasser to premises not in business use could be better off than a visitor . |
| 19 | This argument was rejected and the patent was held to be valid as the many unsuccessful attempts by inventors to find a solution coupled with the immediate commercial success of the present invention denied the possibility of a finding of obviousness . |
| 20 | The pastry crust was embellished with a tiny figure and the whole thing was held to be representative of Christ in the crib . |
| 21 | ( D.C. 1988 ) , a legal aid application was held to be subject to legal privilege . |
| 22 | The signed statement was held to be ineffective since it was given after the contract was made and therefore could not incorporate terms into the contract . |
| 23 | The seizure was held to be lawful as police entering premises with a warrant had authority to remove anything which they believed to have been stolen . |
| 24 | Even if my assessment of its implications concerning the relative order of emergence of the intentional ingredient and of syntactic structure were held to be incorrect , the mechanism of that evolution might be of independent interest , and be seen as bearing on other problems besides ( especially in developmental psychology and theoretical linguistics ) . |
| 25 | Lower than expected corporate tax revenues and rising welfare expenditure were held to be accountable for the increased projection . |
| 26 | It was unthinkable that a Bonaparte , the heir to the throne , should not receive a baptism of fire and the Prince was held to be old enough to face up to this . |
| 27 | The decision was held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Soviet Presidium on 20 November and the Baltic republics came in for severe criticism from other delegates at the Supreme Soviet session on 1 December which passed the constitutional amendments into law . |
| 28 | If the judgment were held to be retrospective in its effect , the potential costs would , as the profession pointed out , have caused major difficulties for many employers . |
| 29 | The costs agreement was held to be valid and enforceable . |
| 30 | In one unreported case , a threat to the woman 's boyfriend was held to be insufficient . |