Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [be] hold [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Questions spiritual having thus been dealt with , there remained those of a temporal nature , of which a suitable civil list was held to be the most pressing . |
| 2 | The guidance of logically interrelated principles in the effective integration of human effort was held to be far superior to an understanding of ‘ personalities or politics or a precarious balancing of power between various vested interests ’ ( Urwick 1947 , p. 118 ) . |
| 3 | Visual search is held to be multifaceted in nature , involving the growing regulation and interaction of children 's visual , linguistic and cognitive systems . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |
| 6 | In Lancashire , where the ILP had been well represented on local authorities and in the Trade Union movement , co-operation with the small and sectarian Communist Party was held to be damaging the ILP 's local influence . |
| 7 | The law states that if the insured driver 's held to be just one per cent responsible , then his insurers have to pay . |
| 8 | First , the Common Good' is held to be an illusory concept , which in practice is rarely used to refer to any aim that can fairly be called ‘ common ’ and which might not even refer to a good' at all ; pursuit of ‘ the Common Good ’ is therefore not useful as an identifying objective of democracy , and Schumpeter prefers to identify democracy not by its objectives but as a method . |
| 9 | Their overall inferior education is held to be a key factor world wide , and has been emphasised by data produced by the World Bank . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Latent inhibition is held to be a consequence of the formation of associations among these elements . |
| 12 | Women who have maintained and/or developed an extensive network of personal relationships in middle age are held to be most favourably placed in coping with the problems of old age . |
| 13 | Uncertainty provokes disputes ; ambiguities may be resolved contra proferentem and , in extreme cases , uncertainty may lead to a term or a whole contract being held to be void . |
| 14 | The pastry crust was embellished with a tiny figure and the whole thing was held to be representative of Christ in the crib . |