Example sentences of "[be] hold [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my judgment , however , the law is not certain and it is necessary for this court to consider whether , having regard to the right to free expression , the law of libel can be held to extend to a local government authority . |
| 2 | Similarly , if terms are common in a particular trade , those terms may be held to apply to a contract between parties both familiar with that trade and its custom ( British Crane Hire Corpn Ltd v Ipswich Plant Hire Ltd [ 1975 ] QB 303 ) . |
| 3 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 4 | If the lease requires the service of a notice , informal discussions between the parties are unlikely to be held to amount to a review of the rent ( Esso Petroleum Co Ltd v Anthony Gibbs Financial Services Ltd ( 1983 ) 267 EG 351 ) . |
| 5 | The Act has been held to apply to a digging machine used to construct a tunnel ( Bunker v Charles Brand & Son Ltd [ 1969 ] 2 QB 480 ) . |
| 6 | The position has been held to apply to an insurance agent , who was under no duty to hand those notes and coins to the company ( Robertson [ 1977 ] Crim LR 173 ( CA ) ) , and to a person in receipt of housing benefit , who was under no legal obligation to use the money to pay off rent arrears ( DPP v Huskinson [ 1988 ] Crim LR 620 ) , even though that was the purpose for which the accused received the benefit . |
| 7 | Here , a statement at an auction by the auctioneer that a heifer was " unserved " was held to amount to a collateral warranty , for breach of which the auctioneer was liable even though the main contract excluded liability for fault , imperfections and errors of description . |