Example sentences of "should [not/n't] be hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , to the accountant , there is no reason why those doctors who are high spenders in their prescribing habits , should not be held to be financially accountable for their decisions . |
| 2 | The Council agreed that the company should not be held to the requirement to construct the line from the ‘ Robin Hood' ’ down Elmers End Road to the Beckenham boundary , unless Beckenham U.D.C. constructed a continuation to Elmers End Station . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | An engagement party is traditionally held by the future bridegroom 's parents , but there is no reason why one should not be held by the bride 's family , or by both families in their own home or elsewhere , particularly if the two families live in different areas . |
| 5 | Young people should have the right of independent counselling , and should not be held in police cells . |
| 6 | Lord Rawdon told the Committee of the whole House of Lords , which read his bill clause by clause in May , that he thought a debtor should be able to swear to the real cause of his debt and , if there was no question of fraud or any intention to abscond , he should not be held in custody for more than eight days and be discharged on filing common bail . |
| 7 | These include procedures designed to ensure that : ( 1 ) no alleged contemnor shall be in any doubt as to the charges which are made against him ; ( 2 ) he shall be given a proper opportunity of showing cause why he should not be held in contempt of court ; ( 3 ) if an order of committal is made , the accused ( a ) knows precisely in what respects he has been found to have offended and ( b ) is given a written record of those findings and of the sentence passed upon him . |
| 8 | The fact that Baudrillard 's name has been linked with the Situationists should not be held against them . |
| 9 | The title is fine , and the author 's name should not be held against him . |