Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] hold to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shelley and Partners Ltd , Mr Rose 's refusal to accept employment some 60 miles away from his home was held to be a reasonable refusal . |
| 2 | Philosophy was held to be a ‘ second-order subject ’ concerned only with reason , logic and the clarification of thought . |
| 3 | In that case the sale of woollen underwear across the counter was held to be a sale by description . |
| 4 | This waiver clause was held to be a genuine stipulation pour autrui . |
| 5 | In Bugge v Taylor ( 1940 ) 104 JP 467 the forecourt of a hotel was held to be a road . |
| 6 | 570 an order deciding a preliminary issue of documentary construction was held to be a final order for the purposes of an appeal under the Supreme Court Act 1981 which does not allow an appeal to the Court of Appeal in England without leave from an interlocutory order . |
| 7 | In other cases the fact that the rent was to be " conclusively fixed " by the landlord 's trigger notice if the tenant failed to give counter-notice in time was held to be a sufficient indication that time was of the essence ( Mammoth Greeting Cards v Agra [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 124 ; Barrett Estate Services v David Greig ( Retail ) [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 123 ) . |