Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [be] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very soon after the enactment of the 1846 Act it was held by the courts that the action was based upon financial loss and nothing else . |
| 2 | During a debate on the dispute at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday , Steve Gazzard , an ambulance worker , said that by allowing arbitration , ministers would then ‘ repay their debt ’ to ambulancemen called in after the bombing during the Tory party conference which was held in the town in 1984 . |
| 3 | The minutes of the last meeting which were held on the thirteenth of May , have been circulated . |
| 4 | It 's supported by our local M P , so I believe , well it 's okay , minutes of the previous meeting which was held on the twelfth of October , and I 'll sign them as a true and accurate version . |
| 5 | On Saturday the 17th of August we attended the Great British Beer Festival which was held in the Docklands Arena , London . |
| 6 | In spite of Caroline Tisdall 's marvellous study of his art which was held at the Guggenheim Museum in 1979 , this complex man has never been widely known nor understood by an American audience . |
| 7 | When the police tried to get them to accept a re-route through an entirely Catholic area , they abandoned the march altogether and confined the event to a rally which was held in the open air in a car park in Foyle Street . |
| 8 | He spilled the large container of orange juice he was holding across the bar towards the spot where X was seated . |
| 9 | ‘ But I never connected the baby I was holding with the baby who was kidnapped . |
| 10 | The Economic Development Division maintains its own filing system ; all other divisions use the central filing system for official correspondence and papers except for certain specialised project files which are held on the divisions . |
| 11 | The Duke and Duchess of Kent were represented by Captain the Honourable Christopher Knollys at the Memorial Service for Marjorie , Countess of Brecknock which was held in the Guards Chapel , today . |
| 12 | 19 year old Barbara Griffiths from Middlesex , won the 17th annual British Women 's Tennis Association tournament which was held at the Queen 's Club just prior to Christmas . |
| 13 | Newtownabbey reader Alan Beattie writes to ask , through this column , if anyone else remembers a body building exhibition which was held in the then Husband Memorial Hall in Frederick Street back in 1964 or 65 . |
| 14 | The men who sat or lay near to him on the floor had watched with a curiosity that a man who was held in the Transit gaol at Pot'ma should concern himself with such a small matter as the pin-sharp biting of the louse . |
| 15 | In this case it was held by the European Court that where the Community has exercised an express internal power , the corresponding external powers , that is , the power to negotiate an international agreement relating to external aspects of the same matter , fell within Community competence . |
| 16 | Hilary gave a brief report of the VIIth International and Commonwealth Conference on Sport , Physical Education , Recreation and Dance which she had been invited to attend on behalf of the M&D Division of the C.C.P.R. It was held at the University of Queensland , in Brisbane , Australia from 23–28th September , immediately preceding the Commonwealth Games . |
| 17 | Regional heats were held in Aberdeen and Glenrothes to produce 4 teams for the final which was held at the Museum of Flight in East Lothian . |
| 18 | It must also be remembered that they have certain rights while in the Department 's care not only in physical terms but also in relation to information which is held by the Department about them as individuals . |
| 19 | While there has been much research on the short term memory system of the type used to , eg , remember telephone numbers , relatively little is known about the nature of temporary memory for information which is held in the focus of attention during reading and conversation ( ‘ foregrounded' information ) . |
| 20 | The acquisition search service provided by MAS is based on the list of companies for sale which are held on the Accountants ' Business Network database jointly shared by the major accounting firms . |
| 21 | In proceedings against him by the Attorney-General it was held in the Court of Appeal that the charge was unlawful and that the defendant was under no obligation to pay it . |
| 22 | ‘ Every idea which is held in the mind takes its origin from the senses … [ it ] either comes through the senses , or is formed from those which come through the senses . ’ |
| 23 | A team existed before this as in February of the same year there was held at the Institute a cricket concert attended by a large audience . |
| 24 | On demurrer it was held by the majority of the Court of Queen 's Bench that while the authorities had until then confined liability for enticement to the relation between master and servant ( which that between Lumley and Wagner clearly was not ) yet the plaintiff 's claim succeeded . |
| 25 | Mr. Frank Shaw , left , receiving IBOA cheque £900 on behalf of Pensioners ' and Widows ' Association , Western Region from Mr. Pat O'C Hegarty at the Annual Dinner which was held in the Banba Hotel , Salthill on 26th March . |
| 26 | This is reflected in the fairs , festivals and sports events which are held throughout the year and which attract many sightseers . |
| 27 | Baggy welts , ugly v-necks , that grubby line caused by the carriage rubbing against the side of the front which was held on the needles while the first side of the front neck was being knitted … |
| 28 | From the age of eight onwards he was allowed to dine with his parents at the Bonaparte family dinners which took place every Monday at the Tuileries , and occasionally at more formal dinners which were held in the Galerie de Diane . |
| 29 | The conversations which are held between the March hare and the mad hatter are complete nonsense . |
| 30 | The Thatcher administration was still new to the power it was to hold for the rest of the decade and a reader might reasonably expect to find something seminal in the report . |