Example sentences of "[was/were] hold by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal Forest offices were held by the great barons as life appointments . |
| 2 | The practice will also apply where assets were held by the transferor on 31 March 1982 , unless actual consideration is given by the transferee . |
| 3 | Lawrence , a child of Water Orton , a suburban lacuna on the outskirts of Birmingham , spent the dreaded '80s as the leader of Felt , a semi-legendary indie pop outfit whose dearth of sales was inversely matched by the affection and wonky respect in which they were held by the choosier pop consumer . |
| 4 | In 1960 , 94 per cent of House seats in the South were held by the Democrats , a figure that declined to 68 per cent by 1972 . |
| 5 | In contrast to the plight of every Republican incumbent , both the House and Senate were held by the president 's party , and by big majorities at that . |
| 6 | At periods of crisis , lieutenancies were held by the greater English magnates — Edmund of Lancaster in 1295–6 or Henry de Lacy , earl of Lincoln , in 1296–9 and 1303–5 . |
| 7 | By 1294 five-sixths of the castles within the duchy of Aquitaine were held by the nobility : thus , of 130 fortresses in the Agenais , only six were in ducal hands . |
| 8 | The House of Lords held that the cause of action accrued at vesting date , even though the appellants could not have proved the moneys were held by the respondents as authorised undertakers until the minister so decided . |
| 9 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 10 | But this decision was distinguished in a later case where , in all relevant respects , the wording of the article was similar but the shares were held by the executors of a deceased shareholder . |
| 11 | On the coast , the middling types of position were held by the mestizos , the people of mixed race which could include African , European , and Chinese . |
| 12 | Thus the case was presented on the footing that the documents concerned had come into being and were held by the solicitors for their client as the result of a suspected intent by a third party to use them for the purpose of furthering his criminal activity . |
| 13 | Other rights were held by the householders of the rest of Devon , who were classed as ‘ strangers ’ or ‘ foreigners ’ and were allowed to depasture beasts on the commons of Devon surrounding the forest , without payment , and on the forest only on payment of certain small fees . |
| 14 | A majority of seats on the 71-member council were held by the Eelam People 's Revolutionary Liberation Front ( EPRLF ) [ see p. 37007 ] , which had been supported by the Indian troop presence . |
| 15 | The remaining 27 seats were held by the International Movement , representing the Russian minority . |
| 16 | A quarter of the tenements were freehold ; the rest were held by the normal Shropshire tenure of leases for three lives , with a large entry fine and a nominal annual rent . |
| 17 | Revolutionary Policy Conferences were held by the Labour Monthly in 1933 , partly no doubt to increase Communist influence in the ILP at the expense of the RPC . |
| 18 | Obviously investment trusts ' management expenses need to be paid and corporation tax paid , again reducing the value of the shares relative to the underlying assets if they were held by the investor . |
| 19 | A more radical position , at least in principle , was held by the most prominent figure ( though not the originator ) of the Gentile mission — Saul or Paul of Tarsus , a Hellenized Jew with Roman citizenship . |
| 20 | In Germany the northern border was held by the Frisians , and the southern border by the Bavarians . |
| 21 | Between Frisia in the north and Bavaria in the south , the frontier inherited by Charles was held by the Thuringians , who were ruled by Frankish counts . |
| 22 | By 1764 the estate was held by the fifth Duke of Devonshire , whose wife , Georgina , was Earl Spencer 's daughter , and she became the popular hostess in the many entertainments for which Chiswick House became famous . |
| 23 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 24 | The view that only ‘ outstanding management ’ could meet the problem was held by the Audit Commission ( 1987 ) . |
| 25 | This was held by the female clerk as one would hold out a photographic negative , saying , ‘ That number will put you in touch with the one you require . ’ |
| 26 | Pride of place was held by the ‘ Antient Silver Arrow ’ itself . |
| 27 | At the time of the Domesday survey , Leconfield was held by the Earl of Moreton , William de Percy and the canons of Beverley . |
| 28 | On 31 October of that year , 1990 , the annual review of the case of the W family was held by the Children 's Panel . |
| 29 | The Coroner was irritated with the proceedings , and with the transparent fact that not all the information that was held by the men in the court-room had been made available to him . |
| 30 | Lee a move across London was held by the EAT to be a breach of contract . |