Example sentences of "[be] held [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the changes , otherwise unapproved pesticides can be transferred t o suitable commercial pesticide stores where they will be held prior to their safe disposal . |
| 2 | Er good , from memory of the previous meeting , there , one of the items I recall at er I was left to do was contact the our Education Officer erm namely Keith er to see if er a one day seminar or a one day school or whatever you 'd like to call it , er could be held prior to the , the ballot . |
| 3 | Although progress on the issue of the local elections had been made in August , it became increasingly clear that opposition demands for them to be held prior to the presidential poll were unrealistic . |
| 4 | An incorrect method of doing so could be held procedural only , or alternatively it could be held to negate consent . |
| 5 | He saw trees ‘ as objects of local elegance and grandeur ’ and these should be held sacred . |
| 6 | Likewise , it is submitted that no modern court would say as Sir George Jessell MR did in Printing and Numerical Registering Co v Sampson ( 1875 ) LR 19 Eq 462 : … if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting , and that their contracts when entered into freely and voluntarily shall be held sacred and shall be enforced by courts of justice . |
| 7 | Mr Patten 's new policy guidance does not say the South-east 's housing provision can be held static , and it reminds planners that their job is to provide an adequate flow of land into new housing . |
| 8 | Indeed , if transit passage could be held applicable to third parties as a general rule of international law of navigation rights through strategic communication routes , the United States has little to lose by refusal to become a party to the Convention . |
| 9 | A two-thirds majority , as provided for in the constitution , would only be held necessary for constitutional changes and legislation affecting human and civil rights . |
| 10 | The first is what might be termed a " status based " approach whereby the essence of the relationship between the parties would be considered when determining their rights and obligations and any clauses incompatible with their relationship would not be held effective . |
| 11 | Production was a good in itself and therefore not to be held accountable for industry 's wastes or the ill-health of workers and their families . |
| 12 | President George Bush announced immediately that using prisoners as shields was a war crime , for which Saddam Hussein would be held accountable . |
| 13 | The emphasis lies in the area for which a local authority may be held accountable : the quality of care it provides . |
| 14 | They do have control over their behaviour and should be held accountable for it . |
| 15 | Learners , for instance , may not be held accountable , because accountability implies knowledge , and it is unlikely that the learner will have acquired sufficient knowledge or have sufficient practical experience on which to base the assessment of the care given . |
| 16 | This states that , where a player commits an act of foul play which has not been detected by the match officials , that player 's union has the discretion to cite that player to show cause why he should not be held accountable in the same way as a player who has been ordered off the field of play . |
| 17 | Both the leaseholder and the federal land manager , it was agreed , should be held accountable for the condition of the rangeland . |
| 18 | It follows then that if the outcomes are poor , or lower than expected , the teacher is at fault , and should be held accountable . |
| 19 | The goals are the aims or outcomes that a programme purports to pursue , and for which it can be held accountable ( where measurable ) . |
| 20 | It means that patients , in their ignorance , blame already overstressed medical staff for delays or treatment withheld while those who should be held accountable are cushioned from the consequence of their actions . |
| 21 | Targets for performance by each profit centre can be established , actual results monitored against targets and control action taken by appropriate subordinates with the necessary authority ; the subordinates would then be held accountable and responsible for their results , and areas of efficiency or inefficiency within the organisation would be more easily identified and remedied . |
| 22 | individual managers can be held accountable for the profitability of individual products ; |
| 23 | That is exactly what has happened in Southampton where , in spite of all the professional advice , the Government committed an offence against the public purse for which they should still be held accountable . |
| 24 | There is the view that the party leadership in parliament should lack autonomy and should be held accountable to the party rank and file outside of parliament . |
| 25 | One dramatic concomitant is rising fertility among unmarried teenage girls , though changes in women 's education standards and work status can hardly be held accountable for such a sharp upswing in teenage fertility as the past decade has witnessed . |
| 26 | Individuals may be held accountable for any loss to public funds or unauthorised disclosure of information occurring because of failure to take these precautions . |
| 27 | Your specific tasks within that given work are assigned to you by a person called your manager ( or boss or supervisor ) , who ought to be held accountable for the work you do . |
| 28 | So if a group is to be given authority , its members must be held accountable as a group , and unless this is done , it is very hard to take so-called group decisions seriously . |
| 29 | First , and most critical , every manager must be held accountable not only for the work of subordinates but also for adding value to their work . |
| 30 | Second , every manager must be held accountable for sustaining a team of subordinates capable of doing this work . |