Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] hold to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This occurs where two motorists are held to be equally to blame for a collision and the plaintiff is injured . |
| 2 | Support dipped sharply to 51 per cent only when the Americans were held to be largely or in part to blame for the failure of the Paris Summit in May 1960 . |
| 3 | The distinction between males and females is held to be so fundamental as to be unworthy of comment . |
| 4 | The imaginary antagonist next argues that the argument contains a contradiction — namely , that as men are held to be primarily governed by their emotions in the attachment they have to religion , rationality will be of no avail against it . |
| 5 | As a result , women were held to be psychologically unstable . |
| 6 | Segmentation based on usage contexts is held to be particularly efficient because it permits product and marketing planning to be based on customer perceptions of what is required of , or desirable in that product . |