Example sentences of "[be] hold to [be] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that one in five of the complaints were held to be breaches of the code shows that the tobacco companies have perhaps been treating the committee and the issue in a cavalier way . |
| 2 | The defendants had repaired the wheel shortly before the accident and were held to be manufacturers . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some have been held to be sources of knowledge . |
| 5 | In solus agreements efficiency of distribution , and in cases concerning sporting organisations the proper promotion of the sport , have been held to be interests meriting protection . |
| 6 | The following have been held to be contempts of Parliament : 1 . |