Example sentences of "be hold [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had known someone who looked similar to me , we could have walked down the street together , wearing similar clothes or something ; we 'd be holding each other 's hands in a sense , it would have been easier . |
| 2 | National Savings Certificates are paying a miserable 7.5 per cent tax free and no one should be holding any certificates which have reached maturity as the rate paid under general extension terms is only 5.1 per cent . |
| 3 | Embsay General Manager Mr Stephen Walker explained : ‘ We certainly do celebrate our 25th anniversary next year but we wo n't be holding any big anniversary events and the loan of the 4F is n't really anything to do with this . |
| 4 | Islamic Jihad , an underground faction of the pro-Iranian radical Shia Hezbollah organization , was believed to be holding most of the Western hostages . |
| 5 | James Matthews , our reporter in Jordan says it appears the pro-Iranian group thought to be holding most of the hostages , Hezbalar is ready to end its demands for a prisoner exchange . |
| 6 | The matches used to be held little more than a week or so apart but soccer has since switched to the Lent term . |
| 7 | In this business , as soon as one meal is complete there is a need to start on the next , and the ACC chefs of the battalion , lunch behind them , had now to prepare for the functions to be held that evening in the Officers ' , and Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Messes for 180 and 350 people respectively . |
| 8 | Then he invited me to a gypsy baptism which was to be held that night in the suburb of Vallecas . |
| 9 | Nigeria has just announced that it will not lift its generous petrol subsidy in June , as it had promised the IMF , out of fear that petrol riots would disrupt the presidential elections due to be held that month . |
| 10 | Of course , Mr. Glick was fully entitled to point out to your Lordships that the vast majority of cases concerned with the recovery of tax which is not due will indeed be covered by statutory provisions regulating the right of recovery ; he also suggested that , if it should be held that section 33 has no application in the present case , steps can easily , and may well , be taken at an early opportunity to bring cases such as the present , which are in any event likely to be very rare , within its ambit . |
| 11 | Seminars will be held each day . |
| 12 | The quiz , for teams of four , will be held each Sunday evening and entry is £2 per team . |
| 13 | PRIZES will be awarded for the best carnations and bonsai at the Royal Horticultural Society 's show in Greycoat Street , London SW1 , to be held this Tuesday ( 11am-7pm , admission £2.50 ) and Wednesday ( 10am-5pm , admission £1.50 ) . |
| 14 | They had been given special permission to land there , only a short distance from the state fairgrounds at Del Mar , where the 13th final will be held this weekend . |
| 15 | In addition to receiving prizes donated by Shell Research and the Wellcome Foundation , the team will go on to represent Kent in the national competition to be held this month . |
| 16 | Staff held a 48-hour strike last week and said a 72-hour strike would be held this week unless Paul Knight was reinstated at the home in Barnet . |
| 17 | Elections have to be held this autumn in several states whose BJP-led governments were dismissed by the central government after the Ayodhya riots . |
| 18 | The machines ' official debut will be held this week at the International Oracle Conference in San Francisco , followed by a showing at Unix Expo in New York later this month . |
| 19 | The annual American Institute of Architects ( AIA ) International Architecture Bookfair will be held this year from 19–22 June in conjunction with the AIA conference in Boston . |
| 20 | An exhibition of models and drawings will be held this September in Gotha , and will be shown along with some newly realised works at the Cologne Art Fair in November . |
| 21 | The Rendezvous Hautes Montagnes women climbers ' meet will be held this year from August 23–30 at San Martinao Valmasino in Italy . |
| 22 | Following the huge popularity of previous events , the fifth Mobility Roadshow will be held this year at the same venue on 21 to 23 June . |
| 23 | For the Institute , with the spring comes our National Conference , which will be held this year on Wednesday 4 March at the London Hilton Hotel , Park Lane . |
| 24 | The first-ever world symposium on bad breath is to be held this April in Mexico . |
| 25 | Some of them will be developed further with the use of private sector capital — particularly Port Wakefield if , as a result of the public inquiry to be held this month , a decision to go ahead is given . |
| 26 | Uncover mystery , magic , suspense and comedy in an exciting new exhibition to be held this summer in the Royal Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street . |
| 27 | The country is reported to be strengthening its relations with America , Germany and Canada in preparation for the UNCED summit to be held this June . |
| 28 | ‘ There are only two more Grands Prix to be held this season , one in — ’ |
| 29 | The funeral of one of two firemen killed in the fire which destroyed a meat processing factory will be held this Friday . |
| 30 | This year 's event will be held this Saturday and Sunday and will be marked in Derry by walking tours of the inner city organised by the North West Archaeological and Historical Society . |