Example sentences of "held [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 21 the first meeting was held between the new government and the trade unions , but Podkrepa refused to attend the meeting with Dimitrov and other Cabinet members because the CITUB 's chair , Krustyu Petkov , was also invited . |
| 2 | At 31 March 1991 , Harland Simon held 50% of the equity share capital of Perfect Information but did not treat this as an associated undertaking because the investment was held for the short term and was disposed of in August 1991 . |
| 3 | It is intended to research , firstly , the changing expectations that have been held of the physical environment and to consider just what both official bodies and NGOs think an appropriate environment should be like . |
| 4 | While the maximum that can be saved by an individual aged over 16 is £20 a month , more than one SAYE account can be held by the saver — provided they are held with the same institution and are opened at least one month apart . |
| 5 | Meetings were held with the nursing officer and health visitor line management . |
| 6 | The 1954 election was held under the same franchise as before ( giving the vote to about half the adult population ) but this time the whole country was divided into 104 single-member constituencies . |
| 7 | It was held under the previous law that a police officer could be the ‘ other ’ person . |
| 8 | Although the term might seem naturally to denote prior arrangement , it was held under the previous law that the word is ‘ not a term of art ’ and that a person can organise spontaneously by giving directions on the spot as to such matters as the route to ken , when to stop and when to advance and so forth . |
| 9 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |
| 10 | Climbing steep snow in a series of zigzags as in ( Fig. 2b ) , the axe is held in the uphill hand and the rope goes on the downhill side direct to the next person on the rope . |
| 11 | Held in the open air and under marquees , The South Bank Jazz Festival has developed a strong reputation for presenting the best in traditional and contemporary jazz . |
| 12 | Talks subsequently took place in Pristina on Oct. 29 between Serbian and Albanian leaders , Panic , Vance and Owen , resulting in an agreement on the return of Albanian children to classes held in the Albanian language and a minimum agreement on lifting discriminatory laws . |
| 13 | Stamp J held in the High Court that Part XV could not impute to a foreign resident for the purposes of the income tax legislation income which would not be taxable in his hands under the UK income tax legislation . |
| 14 | A masterweaver in Persia or Anatolia was held in the same esteem as we hold Rembrandt or Vermeer , and even today there are some textile artists whose reputation and status are equivalent to those of any contemporary artist in the West . |
| 15 | The Court held on the one hand that the protection of the Directive was a matter of public policy and so the worker could not trade away his right under the Directive to the maintenance of the same terms and conditions , even if ‘ the employee obtains new benefits in compensation for the disadvantages resulting from an amendment to his contract of employment so that , taking the matter as a whole , he is not placed in a worse position than before ’ ( point 15 ) . |
| 16 | An inquest was held on the following day and his death was ascribed to natural causes . |
| 17 | ‘ The first question to be decided by the court is whether on the undisputed or incontrovertible facts there appears to be a question deserving fuller investigation and whether it might reasonably be held on the substantive hearing that it would be in the interests of the child for a ‘ residence order ’ to be made . |
| 18 | Adopting that approach to the facts and circumstances of the present application I am satisfied that it raises a question deserving a fuller investigation , and , if that investigation were to favour [ the foster mother ] , that it might reasonably be held on the substantive hearing that it would be in the interests of the children ( or one or more of them ) for a ‘ residence order ’ to be made . |
| 19 | If the overflow record is held on the same cylinder as the prime data there will be an average wait of half a revolution to refer to the overflow record . |
| 20 | If you can not get to your own branch , you can withdraw between £ 100 and £200 in cash from HICA by presenting your Midland Auto Cheque Card , which must have been issued on a Current Account held at the same branch as your HICA . |
| 21 | The workshop will be held at the same time as the World Methodist Council 's International Publishing Committee . |
| 22 | In Georgia , where the referendum was held at the same time as elections for local councils , voters were asked : " Do you agree that the state independence of Georgia should be restored on the basis of the independence act of May 26 , 1918 ? " |
| 23 | Parliamentary elections , held at the same time as the presidential poll , were contested by 330 candidates from six parties . |
| 24 | In a referendum held at the same time as the elections , 78 per cent of voters supported a new Constitution which provided for a directly elected President to appoint a Prime Minister who would in turn appoint a Cabinet , with all appointments requiring parliamentary approval . |
| 25 | The 14th World Orchid Conference and Show will be held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre from 26 April to 2 May . |
| 26 | For these purposes , shares held by the issuing company or any company in its group , or by a nominee of the issuing company or any company in its group , in the other company are disregarded . |
| 27 | Thus ‘ held with the intention ’ came to be construed in a sense which the language of Parliament can not possibly bear as a matter of ordinary sense and grammar , as embracing not only material held by the crooked solicitor but material held without any intention on the part of the holder but infected , either at the time of its creation or , seemingly , at any subsequent time , by an intention on the part of any person , whether the client entitled to it or anyone else , to use it for furthering some criminal purpose . |
| 28 | He was seen doing so by a policeman and arrested , but it was held by the Divisional Court that he should not have been convicted , since on those facts ( even accepting that the conduct was insulting ) no breach of the peace was likely . |
| 29 | It was held by the Divisional Court that they should not have done so , and the case was remitted with directions to the magistrates to ascertain whether or not the ingredients of the offence were made out . |
| 30 | It was held by the Divisional Court that his appeal against conviction of the obstruction offence must be allowed . |