Example sentences of "a [noun sg] held [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture was taken at a function held in the Bridge House , Tullamore , on Friday 12th February 1993 . |
| 2 | at a ceremony held in the Passenger Reception Hall in the Western Harbour on 21st November . |
| 3 | The highlight of a carnival held in the State of Virginia was a show modestly titled the G-String Revue . |
| 4 | The findings of a recent mission to Japan to study developments in neural computing and parallel processing were reported at a meeting held at the Café Royal on the 4th December . |
| 5 | LASMO Canada 's shareholders have approved a change in the company 's name at a meeting held at the end of October . |
| 6 | In October 1944 , Lord Knollys , the BOAC chairman , told a meeting held in the Ministry of Aircraft production that the Brabazon Type 3 would be the airline 's ‘ bread and butter ’ aircraft for Empire routes , carrying twenty-five sleepers or forty to forty-five day passengers . |
| 7 | Even the Fabian Society Executive made a similar decision , though at a meeting held in the middle of the summer and therefore poorly attended . |
| 8 | ABJECTION , Melancholia and Love is , with three additions , the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Warwick in 1957 on the works of Julia Kristeva . |
| 9 | Eventually at a conference held on the frontier between Gisors and Trie on 6 December 1183 Philip agreed to let Henry keep the Norman Vexin on condition that he paid Margaret an annual pension of 2700 livres and on the understanding that he granted it to whichever of his sons married Alice . |
| 10 | Though he was questioned from time to time about radical plots and was even for a while held in the Tower , his claim to be moved now by conscience and not by political faction seems to have been accepted . |
| 11 | Social events included a Ball held in the Management Centre in November , a Sports Fun Day in May and events organised by individual departments to welcome back former staff and students . |
| 12 | Blanked out from the copy of the score shown in illus.4 presumably in the 1790s was a fleur-de-lys held by the cupid . |
| 13 | Brian Lane ( schoolteacher ) : ‘ One thing I remember about David was something that he did n't take part in , which was a concert held at the school in aid of a pavilion that was being put up by the parents and teachers , and being paid for by them . |
| 14 | The task took some considerable time as each bone was labelled according to a blueprint held by the archaeologist . |
| 15 | At a hearing held by the Commission in November 1991 , the majority of national experts agreed that there should be a threshold ranging from ECU150 to 1,000 ( £107-£714 ; $186–$1240 ) . |
| 16 | The President 's choice to succeed Mr Frohnmayer must be confirmed by the Subcommittee on Education , Arts and the Humanities , then pass a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources , before going on to a Senate vote . |
| 17 | Since 1213 when King John tactically surrendered the kingdom to Pope Innocent III and received it back as a fief held of the papacy , the English crown had owed the pope an annual tribute of a thousand marks ( £666 6/ 8d ) . |
| 18 | All these poignant images and many more were presented during the course of a colloquium held at the Fondation Marcel Mérieux near Annecy , France , last weekend . |
| 19 | The council also approved the appointment of Dr John Bynner of the School of Education , Open University as co-ordinator for the initiative , whose first task was to formulate a research design which was finalized at a workshop held in the summer of 1986 . |
| 20 | Last time I played this Strathspey was at a ceilidh held in the village hall at Spean Bridge , attended by villagers and staff from the training centre at Achnacarry . |
| 21 | The chain was presented to the current chairman , Colin Chapman , by one of the guests of honour , Trevor McCombie , at a dinner held at the University of Bristol . |