Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] hold to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we are held to be contracting carriers for the purposes of air or sea carriage please note that our liability is limited in the manner provided by relevant international conventions , ‘ special contract ’ with Governments or UK statute law . |
| 2 | Then it became apparent that she was holding to some other lodestar . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a feeling of disappointment that we were held to a draw in Bruges and the atmosphere in the dressing room at the Olympiastadion only lifted after we heard that Marseille had suffered the same result against CSKA , ’ said McCall . |
| 4 | Second-placed Gretna , meanwhile , closed the gap by a point , but they were held to a 1–1 draw by second-bottom Shildon . |
| 5 | In 1986 Mr Leon Brittan , the Home Secretary , resigned because he was held to be responsible for the leak of a letter containing the opinions of a law officer about the actions of the Secretary for Defence , Mr Michael Heseltine . |
| 6 | And what we can then see happening is a hardening of specific judgements into presumptions of classes , based now not only on mixed criteria ( for there are held to be cases of ‘ skilfully executed nonsense ’ or ‘ professionally brilliant hokum ’ as well as of ‘ clumsy art ’ or ‘ raw but authentic artistic power ’ ) but also , and crucially , on criteria which are incompatible with the original delimitation by the nature of the practice . |
| 7 | Now , when I touch his cheek with my finger , he responds normally , but not as quickly as he responds when he is held to the breast . |
| 8 | Miles , who has already conceded half a point to Ian Rogers , had a lucky escape when he was held to a draw by the New Zealand champion Martin Dreyer . |
| 9 | Big-punching Wharton is also free of the agony in his right hand that plagued him for months and reduced him to a one-armed fighter when he was held to a draw by Londoner Lou Gent in November . |