Example sentences of "[be] held to [be] [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one , suggested a judge in a leading case , should be held to be guilty of theft by reason of conduct to which no moral obloquy could reasonably attach . |
| 2 | Pickets handing out leaflets to passers by may thereby cause harassment , alarm or distress , but they should not be held to be guilty of an offence on that account alone . |
| 3 | The traditional view is that there is no age below which a child can not be held to be guilty of contributory negligence . |
| 4 | Mathematics is viewed as socially neutral and its content is held to be independent of the material world . |
| 5 | She was held to be guilty of theft . |
| 6 | The pastry crust was embellished with a tiny figure and the whole thing was held to be representative of Christ in the crib . |