Example sentences of "[adj] to hold [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cases show that the courts in the early 19th century were willing to hold that the Inns , as private voluntary societies , had a power to refuse entry to would-be members which was not subject to the jurisdiction of the courts or the visitors , even though barristers of the Inns possessed certain monopoly rights in the courts . |
| 2 | In Cato ( 1976 ) the Court of Appeal was prepared to hold that the offence of possessing controlled drugs was sufficient , together with the act of injecting another with these drugs , even though it is difficult to see how mere possession ( which is the offence ) can cause death . |
| 3 | Lord Justice McCowan said it was impossible to hold that the Home Secretary 's political judgment was one that no reasonable Home Secretary could hold . |
| 4 | The fat bodied pens are comfortable to hold and the hand does not become fatigued by prolonged use of them . |
| 5 | Stylistic analysts are likely to hold that the New Critics paid insufficient attention to the linguistic form of texts since , apart from Wimsatt 's discussion of the ‘ iconic ’ properties of poetry , they were really only interested in certain kinds of structure of meaning , and made no use of the tools offered by modern linguistics for the analysis of poetic effect . |
| 6 | None the less , I would be most reluctant to hold that the common law , though capable of development in this field in every other jurisdiction , has crystallised in England at a date long past — 1891 was Mr. Ashworth 's preferred date . |
| 7 | It may well be , for example , that courts in the future will be reluctant to hold that the use of land for the supply of power or other necessities to a great city is non-natural . |
| 8 | So far , the courts have been reluctant to hold that the press has a " moral duty " to inform an interested public . |
| 9 | If so much power lies outside the domain or the control of elected governments , it is surely odd to hold that the requirements of democracy are met when government alone is popularly elected and , in principle , accountable . |
| 10 | It was still convenient to hold that the Labour Party relied on a " left " Party " which will stand between the Communist Party and the Labour Party and hold back the British workers from following the revolutionary policy of the Communist International " . |
| 11 | The grounds on which the father relied were , inter alia , that ( 1 ) the justices heard evidence from which they could properly conclude that his costs had been incurred as a result of the actions and omissions of the local authority ; ( 2 ) as there was no machinery for taxation of costs the justices were correct to assess the amount of the costs ; ( 3 ) the father was entitled to his costs incurred in the Family Proceedings court to the extent allowable under the Legal Aid in Family Proceedings ( Remuneration ) Regulations 1991 and the justices were correct to hold that the actions of the local authority justified making the costs order which included the costs of the hearing on 27 and 28 January 1992 . |