Example sentences of "it [be] held [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In Woodrow , it was held that affray is a continuing offence , so that where an indictment charged the defendants with a single offence and particularised several incidents that had occurred at different places and over a period of several hours , the indictment was not bad for duplicity . |
2 | In Saddleworth Urban District Council v Aggregate and Sand Ltd. it was held that lack of finance was not a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with a nuisance order under s.94 of the Public Health Act 1936 , in respect of an abatement notice served under s.1 of The Noise Abatement Act 1960 and s.93 of the 1936 Act . |
3 | It was held that relief would be given against the defendant even though he was a third party . |
4 | Northwestern Bell Telephone Co et al , where it was held that proof of an organised crime nexus is not required for RICO to be invoked , it is now clear that the draconian penalties applicable under RICO may be used against insider dealers . |
5 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
6 | It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear . |
7 | It was held that clause 13 dearly imposed that fiduciary relationship upon the buyers . |
8 | Nor does National Pari-Mutuel Association Ltd. v. The King , 47 T.L.R. 110 in which it was held that payment of betting duty under a statutory provision thought by the plaintiffs to be applicable but later held by this House in a similar case to be inapplicable , was made under a mistake of law and not of fact and was therefore irrecoverable . |
9 | In the case of Archer-Shee v Baker ( 1927 ) 11 TC 749 , it was held that income arising to a beneficiary from a non-resident trust where the beneficiary was the sole life tenant resident in the United Kingdom was income receivable by the beneficiary from the specific securities stocks , shares , rents or other property which constituted the trust fund . |
10 | Thus in Cooper v. Wandsworth Board of Works it was held that demolition powers vested in the defendant Board were to be subject to notice and hearing requirements . |
11 | For discussion of adequate display of notice , see Tevan v. Motherwell District Licensing Board ( No. 1 ) 1985 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 14 , where it was held that display of a notice within a post office was sufficient . |
12 | It was held that property in the incomplete ship passed on payment of the first instalment but that no property passed at that time in some materials which were Lying in the ship yard and might be used in the ship 's construction . |
13 | Similarly , in Aldridge v. Johnson ( 1857 Q.B. ) where the buyer supplied bags for the seller to put the goods ( barley ) into , it was held that property passed when the seller filled the bags . |
14 | It was held that time was not of the essence . |
15 | It was held that time was of the essence . |
16 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |
17 | The defendant thought that he was being attacked when he acted , and it was held that self-defence was available to him . |
18 | However , in Coca-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd. v Pepsi-Cola Co. of Canada Ltd. ( 1942 ) , it was held that PEPSI-COLA was not too close to COCA-COLA because the suffix COLA was a word that had become common and descriptive of a type of beverage ; that is , a generic word . |
19 | The tenant died within nine months after the grant of the council house tenancy and it was held that section 87 did not protect the defendant . |
20 | It was held that section 55(i) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 permitted the trustee to sell any part of the property of the bankrupt to any person , which included the bankrupt himself . |
21 | This was applied in Dixons Ltd. v. Roberts ( 1894 D.C. ) where it was held that section 14 did not catch a trader who gave a false indication that a refund would be given on any goods purchased , if within seven days the customer was able to buy the same products locally more cheaply . |
22 | The Commander , US Naval Activities , UK , it was held that refusal was reasonable due to increased travelling time , travel costs and loss of status . |
23 | Ltd. v. The Irish Land Commission ( Case 182/83 ) [ 1984 ] E.C.R. 3677 , in which it was held that article 52 of the E.E.C . |
24 | In Lawson v Rolfe ( 1969 ) 46 TC 199 , it was held that stock dividends paid under a particular provision in the law of California were not income in the hands of a life tenant of an American will trust . |