Example sentences of "[be] hold to [be] in " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed .
2 But breaches of the injunction continued and the union officials were held to be in contempt , the union being fined £50,000 with sequestration of assets to follow , if needed .
3 Several unions were held to be in contempt , were fined and had their assets sequestrated .
4 In the event neither the manager nor the owners were held to be in breach of duty .
5 The circumstances which imposed on Midland Bank the duty of which it was held to be in breach are not apparent from the report .
6 An architect certifying amounts payable to a contractor under a building contract was held to be in the position of an arbitrator in Stevenson v Watson ( 1879 ) 4 CP 148 and therefore not liable to the contractor , and , by a considerable extension of the same argument , not liable to the employer either in Chambers v Goldthorpe [ 1901 ] 1 KB 624 .
7 In this case , a sale of tins of condensed milk bearing labels which infringed a registered trade mark , was held to be in breach of the implied condition of merchantibility ( per Bankes LJ at p395 ) : Quality includes the state or condition of the goods .
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