Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] hold to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some properties of individuals are nevertheless held to be more significant than others . |
| 2 | CD4+ T cells are normally held to be the principal source of this mediator and the higher proportion of γ-interferon producing cells we found among lamina propria lymphocytes compared with intra epithelial lymphocytes is consistent with the relative numbers of CD4+ T cells in these sites . |
| 3 | We should not underestimate the power of official systems of classification of children , even when they are generally held to be inadequate by those that work with them . |
| 4 | The initial costs of the latter are generally held to be underwritten by the large surplus generated by any big hit record . |
| 5 | Many of these straits are noted for strong tidal currents , but although such currents may assist in moving away the debris of erosion , they are generally held to be impotent as a cause of marked marine erosion , at least of those which outcrop in this locality . |
| 6 | Sadism and masochism are usually held to be the opposite sides to the same coin , the one being merely an inversion of the state of mind which produces the other . |
| 7 | On Twelfth Night wassailers hang toasted bread on their most productive apple tree to attract the robins which are traditionally held to be good spirits . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Both are then held to be deficient relative to Marx 's conception of a ‘ mode of production ’ within which differentiation can be understood , made intelligible and ultimately accountable to a materialistically grounded ethics of emancipation rooted in a conception of a ‘ complex ’ totality . |
| 10 | Certainly the taste for parody has n't deserted him ( witness the piano pieces in homage to Scarlatti , Medtner , Alkan , late Liszt et al ) ; nor has his taste for rum titles ( such as the choral work Oil or petrol Marks on a Wet Road are Sometimes held to be Spots where a Rainbow Stood ) . |
| 11 | In the Society 's view , there is a risk that many thousands of people will be improperly denied legal advice if the Regulations come into force on 12th April , but are subsequently held to be unlawful . |