Example sentences of "[noun sg] were hold to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins . |
| 2 | This seems to be at variance with John Jones where a number of incidents over a period were held to be duplicitously charged as a single count of affray . |
| 3 | In McAvan v London Transport Executive ( 1983 ) 133 NLJ 1101 reports prepared by a bus crew and an inspector after an accident were held to be privileged as their dominant purpose was to ascertain blame if a subsequent claim was made . |
| 4 | In his province , Huy remembered , Surere had tried to impose what he had interpreted as the supporting columns of a decent society : sexual responsibility and even monogamy were held to be the roots of a stable family ; sexual relations between members of that family were restricted to cousins . |
| 5 | Of particular importance from the Soviet point of view , states of this kind were held to be ‘ objectively anti-imperialist ’ in that they generally opposed the substantial control over their domestic affairs that had traditionally been exercised by the major capitalist powers . |
| 6 | If the duty were held to be unexcludable , this would have the odd effect that a trespasser to premises not in business use could be better off than a visitor . |
| 7 | The bank were held to be affected by the knowledge of the independent solicitor , Mr. Hallworth , of the undue influence brought upon Mrs. Aboody to sign the particular charge . |
| 8 | Similar principles were applied in Mannion v Johnston ( 1988 ) STC 758 , heard at the same time , where two separate disposals of less than half the farm land were held to be merely limited changes of scale and not a disposal of part of the business . |
| 9 | Even if my assessment of its implications concerning the relative order of emergence of the intentional ingredient and of syntactic structure were held to be incorrect , the mechanism of that evolution might be of independent interest , and be seen as bearing on other problems besides ( especially in developmental psychology and theoretical linguistics ) . |
| 10 | Lower than expected corporate tax revenues and rising welfare expenditure were held to be accountable for the increased projection . |
| 11 | If the judgment were held to be retrospective in its effect , the potential costs would , as the profession pointed out , have caused major difficulties for many employers . |