Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | The demonstrators were therefore in the wrong and the union could properly be held responsible for their actions . |
| 2 | Will he take steps to have that issue ventilated in a multi-question referendum of the people , which could perhaps be held in harmony with the general election ? |
| 3 | The Eddie Aikau denoted a big-wave contest of a kind that could only be held in Hawaii . |
| 4 | Savory argued that a stranger to whom money had been paid in breach of trust could only be held liable as a constructive trustee to account for the money after he had parted with it , if it could be shown that he knew the money misapplied was trust money . |
| 5 | This was because with the older gliders like the T21 or T31 , the wings were very high and they could not be held securely except by keeping one wing low . |
| 6 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 7 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 8 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 9 | Once it was clear that the room could not be held , he would order its evacuation , men leaving two at a time by the far window . |
| 10 | These , however , could not be held regularly , and it was not until 1874 that regular services were held in St. Mary 's Cemetery Chapel , Cambridge Street , but these were still not satisfactory . |
| 11 | It was in the interests of the Great Powers that they could not be held bound by a treaty to which they had not formally become a party while , as will be seen , a number of the exceptions to the classic rule enabled them to impose their will upon weaker entities . |
| 12 | The judge dismissed the wife 's appeal , holding that since there was no evidence that in deceiving his wife the husband was acting on behalf of the bank , they could not be held responsible for his misrepresentation and , therefore , the charge was enforceable against her . |
| 13 | Only two infants could not be held as low as intended , and omitting these from analysis does not substantially alter the results . |
| 14 | In an 1884 case , the Divisional Court held that an artisan whose wife had bought blankets at the door for 22/6d when he had given her permission to spend but 17/6d , could not be held liable for the extra sum . |
| 15 | She was told by the Chief Constable of the district ( who was accompanied by the Inspector who became the respondent in the appeal ) that a meeting could not be held on the spot , but could be held some 175 yards distant , around the corner . |
| 16 | If a referendum in a union republic failed to endorse secession , a new referendum on secession could not be held for 10 years . |
| 17 | The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up . |
| 18 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for latent defects in the equipment which could not be discovered with reasonable care . |
| 19 | At common law the employer did not guarantee the safety of the equipment and could not be held liable for a latent defect in it . |
| 20 | The Conservatives also employed the classic advantage of the minority and manoeuvred well , sensibly concentrating on the seats that could best be held or putatively captured . |
| 21 | But he never explains how such a belief about bones could possibly be held by a dog since it has such obvious linguistic implications particularly as grounds for possession of the human concept . |
| 22 | Monroe and Bardot could hardly be held up as examples of the joys of fidelity , domesticity and motherhood which were being hymned in the magazines . |
| 23 | Anonymous accounts could still be held if they related to legal proceedings such as divorce or inheritance . |
| 24 | Maecianus reports a case in which the interpretative question is whether when speaking of ‘ sums ’ ( summae ) the testator could also be held to have had in mind non-pecuniary dispositions . |
| 25 | Symposia such as the Panofsky one could also be held there , the famous elliptical reading room would be an ideal venue . |
| 26 | The petitioners wanted to know whether a legacy of liberatio to them in the first will could now be held to include debts they had first contracted after the making of the first will ; and whether , if the heirs were to sue them for that , they could be barred by an exceptio doli . |
| 27 | An ingenious Yamaha employee suggested a hoist for the drum , so that the jug could simply be held under it by the sprayman , or woman ( women undertake almost any job in the factory ) , making life easier , ensuring less waste and almost certainly fewer days off work due to back injuries ! |
| 28 | Francis said : ‘ I could n't be held responsible for the weather . |
| 29 | It had been very different for her but he could n't be held responsible for her folly . |
| 30 | Rory cried , feeling the weight of guilt settle on her shoulders like a suffocating cloak , even though she knew in her heart she could n't be held to blame for this tragedy . |