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

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1 I do not accept the intervener 's argument that it is in some way undignified for the decision of a visitor on the basis of advice from an eminent judge to be subject to judicial review and that if certiorari is held to be available senior judges will not wish to give such advice .
2 For some the internal growth of firms is held to be the dominant force , with merger activity playing a distinctly secondary role [ Prais , 1976 ; Hart and Clarke , 1980 ] , whilst others hold that the opposite is the case [ Hannah and Kay , 1977 ] .
3 The distinction between males and females is held to be so fundamental as to be unworthy of comment .
4 Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 .
5 Segmentation based on usage contexts is held to be particularly efficient because it permits product and marketing planning to be based on customer perceptions of what is required of , or desirable in that product .
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