Example sentences of "[being] held [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third defendant issued a third party notice against the plaintiffs ' accountant claiming an indemnity or contribution in the event of the third defendant being held liable to the plaintiffs , on the ground that the accountant had negligently failed to warn the plaintiffs of the risks inherent in the defendants ' transactions . |
| 2 | The position is equivalent to that which would exist if the third defendant were claiming contribution by means of a separate action after being held liable to the plaintiffs . |
| 3 | The reason for this is to avoid those who appointed the administrative receiver being treated as mortgagees in possession or being held liable for the receiver 's acts which would be the case were the receiver to be treated as their agent . |
| 4 | Blanche 's door was already being held open by the driver . |
| 5 | The child making the complaint can often be classified as a fuss pot engaged in attention seeking behaviour — a case of the victim being held responsible for the crime ? |
| 6 | The South Korean Defence Minister , Lee Sang Hoon , was dismissed on Oct. 8 , after being held responsible for the unauthorized military surveillance of civilians . |
| 7 | The Interior Minister , Julio César Sánchez , resigned on Dec. 21 after being held responsible in the press for the low turnout in the elections . |
| 8 | Major Gregg Donahue ( Marshall Thompson ) takes a Vietnamese guide to help him locate his younger brother , a doctor who is being held captive by the Viet Cong at an old French fort . |
| 9 | During building renovations in a Milan flat at the end of October , copies of letters were discovered written in 1978 by the then DC president , Aldo Moro , while he was being held captive by the Red Brigades before they murdered him [ see pp. 29053-55 ] . |