Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [be] hold to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price was high in relation to orthodox equipment but was held to be justified by patient throughput . |
| 2 | There was a much-told tale of her Australian infancy that was held to be prophetic in this respect — about how at the age of three she had , by the sheer force of her will , compelled her uncle Walter ( who was taking her for a walk to the local shops at the time ) to put all the money he had on his person into a charity collecting-box in the shape of a plaster-of-Paris boy cripple ; as a result of which the uncle , too embarrassed to admit to this folly and borrow from his relatives , had run out of petrol on the way back to his sheep station . |
| 3 | The defendants had repaired the wheel shortly before the accident and were held to be manufacturers . |
| 4 | They have failed to score in their last three matches , all at home , losing two in the League and being held to a 0-0 draw in the Cup . |
| 5 | In Yuill v Wilson [ 1979 ] STC 486 ( CA ) ; [ 1980 ] STC 460 ( HL ) , the UK resident taxpayer provided two overseas companies , with which he was connected , with the opportunity of realising a gain and was held to be assessable on the gain . |
| 6 | As it was too large to be put on a lorry to be moved from site to site it had to travel on roads under its own power and was held to be intended to be used on roads . |