Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [be] hold to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was impossible to envisage the use of nuclear weapons in any way consistent with the laws of war , and since great and apparently law-abiding Powers possessed and threatened to use them , they must be held to be simply beyond the scope of international law , |
| 2 | Suppose by mistake or accident he fails to repay on the day named , is it fair that he should be held to the terms of the deed ? |
| 3 | Either it must be said , in traditional terms , that , together with his human nature , he also had , in one person , a divine nature ; or in some other way he must be held to be unique . |
| 4 | To receive the full benefit of the policy , therefore , it must be held to maturity , particularly since the first two years ' premiums are largely taken up in charges . |
| 5 | They were left to the existing law whatever it might be held to be . |