Example sentences of "it [be] held that [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In Stoneley v Richardson [ 1973 ] RTR 229 it was held that defective brakes do not have to be proved by an authorised examiner .
2 For example , in one case it was held that electrical contractors , as such , had no right to complain that a local authority had not followed proper tendering procedures in letting out a contract for the installation of central heating .
3 Moreover , the approach taken by their Lordships in George Mitchell does seem at variance with the Photo Production case where it was held that artificial distinctions should be rejected in favour of construction according to plain and natural meaning .
4 In Attorney General v Squire , it was held that obnoxious odours from pigs kept by the defendants , and arising from the number of animals , the place in which they were kept , and the food with which they were fed , were such as to create a public nuisance , and in Attorney General v Cole and Son noxious gases created by the defendant carrying on the trade of fat-melter were also held to be a public nuisance despite the fact that the defendant had carried on his trade , in a proper manner and in the same way for 30 years .
5 For example , in Smith , Kline and French Laboratories Ltd. v Sterling Winthrop Group Ltd. [ 1976 ] , it was held that coloured capsules for drugs could be registered as trade marks .
6 In a New Zealand case , it was held that Jewish persons are protected by the phrase ‘ ethnic origins , ’ and there is no real reason to suppose that the law is not the same in Great Britain .
7 But , second , it was held that different principles applied in cases where the Crown brought a law enforcement action , in which an injunction was sought to restrain a subject from breaking a law where the breach would be harmful to the public or a section of it .
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