Example sentences of "held [prep] the [noun sg] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exploration of these and other everyday questions was the basis of an unusual dinner party held in the University last term : a Scientific Dinner Party organised by the Department of Continuing Education as one of its extensive programme of Day Schools . |
| 2 | Neither is it always wet ; again , the forests of Queensland can at times be very dry ( and the tops — the canopy — where the leaves are held in the sun all day , must endure conditions that would stress a cactus ) . |
| 3 | It 's been held in the town each year for decades , but this time local people say it 's got out of hand and is ruining the area . |
| 4 | It 's been held in the town each year for decades , but this time local people say it 's got out of hand and is ruining the area . |
| 5 | All the sales , service and administration staff came down by coach to Felcourt , and the service meeting was held on the journey one way and sales the other . |
| 6 | A nationwide network offering advice to professional women on a range of issues , from sexual harassment in the workplace to setting up childcare arrangements , was one of a number of imaginative proposals to emerge from Workplace 2000 , a lunchtime meeting held by the Institute last month . |