Example sentences of "[noun sg] is hold to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God 's plan is held to be comprehensive , and has been set for all time . |
| 2 | Barley was not terrified of ‘ that most horrible of birds , the owl ’ , would pick up ‘ a chameleon , whose bite is held to be deadly ’ , and handled the claws of an ant-eater , believed to be potentially lethal . |
| 3 | Again , since truth is held to be individual and also fallible , rulership will be both conditional and also temporary ; because clearly the views as to what is true and therefore proper for government to act upon will change from time to time as opinion fluctuates amongst the body of the people . |
| 4 | Mathematics is viewed as socially neutral and its content is held to be independent of the material world . |
| 5 | Ultimately , of course , whether a cause is held to be direct or indirect is a statement about the state of scientific knowledge at the time ; while one variable may provide an illuminating explanation for a puzzle at one point in time , it is likely to provoke further questions about how it operates at a later date . |
| 6 | v. Grant , or some other authority to the same effect , and saying that by our law an offeror can be landed with a contract even though he never receives an acceptance , since the contract is held to be complete on the posting of the letter of acceptance . |
| 7 | If a decision is held to be non-justiciable the court will decline jurisdiction over it . |
| 8 | If the lapse of time is held to be unreasonable , there is no contract . |
| 9 | His point is a simple enough one : the application of technology is held to be value-free and independent of any human motives : |