Example sentences of "[adv] hold to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The initial costs of the latter are generally held to be underwritten by the large surplus generated by any big hit record . |
| 2 | Her companion in the driver 's seat who controlled the gears and the foot controls was also held to be driving . |
| 3 | The art of the gold box is traditionally held to be epitomised in the Paris tabatières , but the strength of this collection also lies in those boxes which were produced in peripheral workshops , especially in Germany and Russia . |
| 4 | ‘ It may well be that the factors which influenced the sheriff are strongly mitigating and should be given proper consideration by the children 's hearing when they come to consider the future arrangements for L on the footing that the grounds of referral are now held to be established . ’ |
| 5 | The consequent adverse publicity was widely held to be damaging to the Labour cause . |