Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such views may be held alongside others in varying combinations . |
| 2 | He 's concerned that banking attitudes may be holding up the recovery . |
| 3 | I would go further and accept that the armoury of common law defences , such as those which prevent recovery of money paid under a binding compromise or to avoid a threat of litigation , may be either inapposite or inadequate for the purpose ; because it is possible to envisage , especially in modern taxation law which tends to be excessively complex , circumstances in which some very substantial sum of money may be held to have been exacted ultra vires from a very large number of taxpayers . |
| 4 | Although a court will generally strive to resolve uncertainties and ambiguities so as to give effect to a commercial contract wherever possible ( especially where the agreement is already partly executed ) , uncertainty or ambiguity may lead a court to conclude that the term is too uncertain to be enforceable , and in extreme cases the whole contract may be held to be void . |
| 5 | Further copies may be held at the local public library . |
| 6 | Many such objects are quickly generated , and copies may be held offline , as security backups , microfiche , etc . |
| 7 | By failing to protest against the actions of the organisation itself through its administrative organs , member States may be held to have accepted the amendment of the treaty through practice . |
| 8 | An annual general meeting ( AGM ) of shareholders must be held in each calendar year , and not more than 15 months may elapse since the previous AGM ( s. 366 Companies Act 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Tariff barriers on basic grains were to be eliminated across the region by the end of the year , and duties on all agricultural produce by June 1992 ; duties on most other products should be held below a 20 per cent ceiling from the beginning of 1993 . |
| 10 | During the retention period the money should be held in a deposit account . |
| 11 | The meeting of 1950 agreed that future meetings should be held in Yorkshire , and the earlier amendment of 1920 allowing it to take place in Lancashire ( as there were so few archery clubs in the north ) be rescinded . |
| 12 | Because of the ranking procedure , shares of income run from 0 to 100 per cent as all income must be held by the total of the income-holding units . |
| 13 | It was , therefore , open to argument that theoretically the income must be held to have been received by them . |
| 14 | For example , the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for St Giles in East London considered that widows must be held in part responsible for their own condition : ‘ After the lapse of a certain number of years , when a widow has had the opportunity of showing providence on her own account , I think you may separate her from her late husband , but not immediately after his death ’ . |
| 15 | Owing to the continually rising cost of attending courses in Germany and Switzerland it is suggested that a summer course should be held in July or August 1982 , possibly at Green Park Training Centre , Aston Clinton , Buckinghamshire . |
| 16 | Long hair must be held back with an elastic band : clasps and metal grips are not allowed . |
| 17 | The Constitution stipulated that a general election must be held within 120 days , i.e. no later than April 8 , 1992 . |
| 18 | And he has made it clear that an all-German election should be held next year at the earliest , not as a quick substitute for the West German one in December . |
| 19 | In 1988 , when Mohammed Khan Junejo 's government was dismissed by Zia ul Haq , the court declined to uphold the legality of the decision , but agreed that an election should be held . |
| 20 | Attorney General Dick Thornburgh formally left the Cabinet on Aug. 9 , after a federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 6 that a special election should be held on Nov. 5 to fill the Senate seat of the late John Heinz — although Thornburgh had made known his intention to contest the vacant seat , his resignation from the government had been deferred pending a judicial examination of the constitutionality of Pennsylvania 's special election statute . |
| 21 | On March 3 the Federal Assembly presidium decided that the general election should be held on June 5-6 . |
| 22 | Hall , at that time , also urged that an exhibition of the plans should be held to enable the public 's reaction to be obtained before a Commons Committee considered them . |
| 23 | The family had not paid much attention to the terms of the eccentric patriarch 's last wishes , as the stipulation that all his possessions should be held in readiness for his return merely put the houses and their produce at the usual disposal of his family , while removing the problem of his personal presence and authority . |
| 24 | It is also , in my view , perfectly reasonable to support the proposition that a referendum should be held in Scotland in order to determine what constitutional status people actually want . |
| 25 | Havel urged that a referendum should be held by December 1991 , implying that he would resign if the issue remained unsolved . |
| 26 | President Havel proposed in March 1991 that a referendum should be held to settle the issue of Slovak secession . |
| 27 | Lord Taylor refused bail , but said the new trial should be held as soon as possible . |
| 28 | King Hassan of Morocco at the beginning of the month had said that the trial should be held " on neutral ground " , possibly under UN auspices . |
| 29 | In fixing the venue of a meeting , the official receiver must have regard to the convenience of those who are to attend ( r 6.86(1) ) and meetings must be held between 10am and 4pm on business days unless the court orders otherwise ( r 6.86(2) ) . |
| 30 | Cages may be held on wall-mounted racks , allowing easy floor cleaning and the recapture of escaped animals , or on trolleys designed for the purpose . |