Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [be] hold to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of particular importance from the Soviet point of view , states of this kind were held to be ‘ objectively anti-imperialist ’ in that they generally opposed the substantial control over their domestic affairs that had traditionally been exercised by the major capitalist powers . |
| 2 | This practice was held to be lawful in an earlier case , in which Lord Justice Woolf referred to ; |
| 3 | Such people were held to be possessed of none of the attributes of pure intellect , the cultivation of which was the purpose of education . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | These buckets were held to be of merchantable quality ( but see paragraph 7–22 below ) . |
| 6 | The union of both right and left hemispheres in bilateral symmetry results , ideally , in the perfect man ; the enlightened one , as all Pharaohs were held to be . |
| 7 | Several unions were held to be in contempt , were fined and had their assets sequestrated . |