Example sentences of "a [noun] [be] hold to [be] " in BNC.

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1 If a decision is held to be non-justiciable the court will decline jurisdiction over it .
2 In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins .
3 It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation .
4 This seems to be at variance with John Jones where a number of incidents over a period were held to be duplicitously charged as a single count of affray .
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 The omission of positive words in the statute requiring a hearing was held to be no bar since the justice of the common law would supply the omission of the legislature .
7 If a duty was held to be owed , then it would probably be discharged by the warning notice .
8 In Bugge v Taylor ( 1940 ) 104 JP 467 the forecourt of a hotel was held to be a road .
9 Discovery to find the identity of a wrongdoer was held to be available against anyone against whom the plaintiff has a cause of action in relation to the same wrong ; someone who has become ‘ mixed up in the affair ’ and incurred any liability to the person wronged must make full disclosure on that point even though the person wronged has no intention of proceeding against him .
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