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The phrase "was held to be" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or formal contexts to indicate that a decision or opinion was established or determined by a court or authority.
Example: "The defendant was held to be guilty of the charges against him after the trial concluded."
Alternatives: "was deemed to be" or "was considered to be".
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Only a century ago the universe was held to be eternal and unchanging.
These used to be shunned because breaking open ancestral tombs was held to be sacrilegious.
In ancient Mexico this world was held to be preceded by four other worlds.
True, a blanket ban was held to be unconstitutional, so parties can again raise "soft money".
Any response was held to be linked specifically to the situation in which it was learned.
Once, it was held to be redolent of unconscionable self-importance and grandiosity.
The information in question was held to be freely translatable from one "coding" to another without impairing its functions.
In 1928 such a program was held to be counterproductive, and a more agreeable line of thought was called for.
Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the First Crusade, was held to be the son of a mysterious swan knight.
Just as action without insight was held to be aimless and barbaric, insight without action was rejected as barren and imperfect.
How very close it was held to be is shown by the emperor Justinian's prohibition of marriage between godparents and godchildren.
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