Example sentences of "was hold to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so far as any thought was given to the curriculum , this was held to be a matter for expert ‘ curriculum designers ’ who spoke in a language all their own , and seldom impinged on the consciousness of the public . |
| 2 | This frontal assault on goal , he explained to the Examiner , was held to be a ‘ more deadly , if less spectacular , method ’ than the ‘ senseless policy of running along the lines and centring just in front of the goalmouth , where the odds are nine to one on the defenders ’ . |
| 3 | A good illustration of ‘ intended ’ is found in the case of Childs v Coghlan ( 1968 ) 112 Sol Jo 175 where a 30 ton earth mover which was made for use on construction sites and not roads was held to be a motor vehicle . |
| 4 | But see Binks v Department of the Environment ( 1975 ) 119 Sol Jo 304 where a severely damaged car which the owner intended to repair , was held to be a mechanically propelled vehicle . |
| 5 | Harrison v Hill [ 1932 ] SC ( J ) 13 where a road maintained by a farmer , leading from the public road to his farmhouse , was held to be a road , the farmer turned away people who were using it from time to time but it was also used by people having no business at the farm ; |
| 6 | In Bugge v Taylor ( 1940 ) 104 JP 467 the forecourt of a hotel was held to be a road . |
| 7 | A stall with wheels was held to be a vehicle in this case . |
| 8 | Shelley and Partners Ltd , Mr Rose 's refusal to accept employment some 60 miles away from his home was held to be a reasonable refusal . |
| 9 | Against all odds , too , smallholders persisted in trying to grow com , for ploughing and reaping , rather than minding sheep , was held to be a man 's proper work ; the argument that the cornfield was the nursery of archers , who still formed the backbone of English armies , looks like a rationalisation of this instinct . |
| 10 | Philosophy was held to be a ‘ second-order subject ’ concerned only with reason , logic and the clarification of thought . |
| 11 | This waiver clause was held to be a genuine stipulation pour autrui . |
| 12 | 570 an order deciding a preliminary issue of documentary construction was held to be a final order for the purposes of an appeal under the Supreme Court Act 1981 which does not allow an appeal to the Court of Appeal in England without leave from an interlocutory order . |
| 13 | The second is that if , following the Francovich case , there was held to be a right to damages in such circumstances , the effect of requiring an undertaking from the council would be to impose liability in damages on the council instead of on the United Kingdom which , as I understand the position , would properly be the party so liable . |
| 14 | Now , you are too young to be aware of this but in the past there was held to be a linkage between so-called ‘ self-abuse ’ and the sebaceous rigours of your time of life . |
| 15 | In Low v. Kincardine Licensing Court , 1974 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 54 , it was held to be a relevant ground of appeal that a rule of natural justice that no interested party should have an opportunity to confer with the licensing court outwith the presence of another party to the cause was broken . |
| 16 | 1983 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 95 , it was held to be a breach of natural justice , where a licensing board consulted with the director of environmental health at their deliberations , where he had put in a report objecting to the grant of a licence . |
| 17 | In that case the sale of woollen underwear across the counter was held to be a sale by description . |
| 18 | In Fagan ( see above and Chapter 4 ) , it was held to be a battery when the accused inadvertently applied force and wrongfully decided not to stop using it . |
| 19 | That was held to be a confession . |
| 20 | In other cases the fact that the rent was to be " conclusively fixed " by the landlord 's trigger notice if the tenant failed to give counter-notice in time was held to be a sufficient indication that time was of the essence ( Mammoth Greeting Cards v Agra [ 1990 ] 2 EGLR 124 ; Barrett Estate Services v David Greig ( Retail ) [ 1991 ] 2 EGLR 123 ) . |
| 21 | This was held to be a mistake sufficient to overturn the decision . |
| 22 | In that case the making of a television series by the defendants based on a concept communicated in confidence by the plaintiffs was held to be a breach of confidence . |
| 23 | In this respect , a document purporting to be a sale of hire purchase agreements was construed by Eve J at first instance in Re George Inglefield [ 1933 ] Ch 1 , as a charge on book debts whereas , in the Court of Appeal ( at p27 ) , it was held to be a sale : " [ There is ] no reason whatever for attempting to drag the transaction within the operation of the section [ s 395 of the Companies Act 1985 ] by calling it something which in truth it is not . " |
| 24 | In Nichol v Godts ( 1854 ) 10 Exch 191 , a sale of " foreign refined rape oil , warranted only equal to samples " was held to be a sale by description so that a seller could not deliver something which , although equal to sample , could not match the contract description . |
| 25 | Then the division into classes was held to be an impediment and a cause of frustration . |
| 26 | In Buckland v Palmer [ 1984 ] 1 WLR 1109 it was held to be an abuse of the process of the court for a plaintiff 's insurance company to start a second action for insured losses when the plaintiff had accepted a payment into court in his action for uninsured losses . |
| 27 | The covenant was held to be an unreasonable restraint of trade . |