Example sentences of "were hold [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These buckets were held to be of merchantable quality ( but see paragraph 7–22 below ) . |
| 2 | Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed . |
| 3 | But breaches of the injunction continued and the union officials were held to be in contempt , the union being fined £50,000 with sequestration of assets to follow , if needed . |
| 4 | Several unions were held to be in contempt , were fined and had their assets sequestrated . |
| 5 | In the event neither the manager nor the owners were held to be in breach of duty . |
| 6 | Anti-English slanders they were held to be by the genteel Victorian travellers who continued to come to the Pyrenees . |