Example sentences of "held [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A COUPLE held under the Official Secrets Act were still being quizzed by Special Branch detectives last night .
2 The competition will be held at the Old Stores Turnery , Nantwich , Cheshire , with sections for turned boxes , lamps and bowls , and general category for pieces that must include a Goodwoods accessory .
3 It will be held at the social services room , multi-disciplinary centre at Altnagelvin Hospital on Thursday September 16 at 7.30pm .
4 They were being held at the local police station .
5 A public meeting to discuss the formation of a new club , Aldershot Town Football Club Ltd. , is to be held at the Royal Officers Club , Aldershot on Wednesday ( April 22 ) , starting at 8 p.m .
6 It is expected that the group will argue its case for the protection of Thailand 's western forests at the global convention on biodiversity to be held at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development next June .
7 Parents ' names , including mothers ' maiden names , and dates of birth were checked against the employment and health physics records of past and present employees held by the Atomic Weapons Establishment , the Atomic Energy Authority , and the National Registry of Radiation Workers .
8 The samples were obtained from controls , from electoral rolls in Strasbourg , Lille and Toulouse and from the lists of General Practitioners held by the Central Services Agency in Belfast .
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