Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The San Salvador Central Market occupation lasted for 12 days , from 11 to 23 December 1979 , and a number of hostages from among the administrative personnel were held in the offices . |
| 2 | Periodic meetings are held with the co-ordinators to inform them of current activities and this important group of staff have been very responsive and supportive in disseminating information to their departments . |
| 3 | Local history Large collections of local history books , pamphlets , manuscripts and the proceedings of interested bodies are held in the Department of Local History of the University of Leicester and the Bodleian Library , Oxford . |
| 4 | Direct elections were held for the presidency , the vice-presidency and the National Assembly in October 1985 [ see pp. 34146-48 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ The first genuinely free elections were held in the Soviet Union , ’ he pointed out . |
| 6 | The children travel by school bus to Howden , and social events are held in the old school . |
| 7 | Three such meetings were held during the course of 1960 . |
| 8 | The following amounts were held in the accounts . |
| 9 | Two separate services were held in the barracks church for five of the victims . |
| 10 | Between 1488 and 1490 eyres were held in the Berkshire and Surrey divisions of Windsor Forest , in Hampshire , Wiltshire , Northamptonshire , Essex , Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire . |
| 11 | Both public and private versions were held in the mind at one and the same time . |
| 12 | Most of these reserves were held in the Eurodollar market , which meant that rather than deposit them in New York the central banks of the oil producers deposited them in banks outside the United States . |
| 13 | These gatherings were held in the Church Institute and I did occasionally worry about the language . |
| 14 | These balances are held in the Banking Department . |
| 15 | These pollutants are held in the mud at the bottom of the Broad and must be pumped out to give the Broad a chance to recover . |
| 16 | Instead , both buyer and seller pay an initial margin , and these payments are held by the clearing house . |
| 17 | In October 1946 elections were held for the Interim Legislature . |
| 18 | Parliamentary elections were held in the southern ( Greek-Cypriot ) part of the island on May 19 . |
| 19 | Following political reforms in May 1990 which abolished the leading role of the MPRP , multiparty elections were held for the first time in July 1990 , to the Little and Great Hurals , and to local Hurals in the 18 provinces and three municipalities [ see pp. 37609-10 ; p. 37656 ] . |
| 20 | On Dec. 31 talks were held in the offices of the Hebrew newspaper Kol Ha'Ir between Teddy Kollek , the mayor of Jerusalem , and Faisal al-Hussaini , who was widely regarded as the unofficial representative of the PLO in the city . |
| 21 | A second round of exploratory talks was held in the Chinese capital on Nov. 17 , when it was agreed that Japanese restrictions on travel to North Korea would be lifted by April 1991 . |
| 22 | These shares are held by the investors , and on the triggering of the ratchet — the achievement of certain projections or market capitalisation on a flotation , for example — all or some of the convertible redeemable preference shares will be redeemed ; but if the results fall short of what is expected then they will be converted into ordinary shares and as a result increase the investor 's share of the equity at the expense of the proportion held by management . |
| 23 | STRONG FEELINGS ARE held on the pros and cons of facadism — keeping the outer ( normally just the front ) skin of a building and rebuilding behind . |
| 24 | All meetings are held in the Newtown area . |
| 25 | Throughout 1992 meetings were held across the country for representatives of industry and colleges to discuss the implications of the new framework . |
| 26 | We may well reach a situation in which all trials are held in the area in which they arise , and London retains special importance chiefly as the centre of appellate courts for the south of England . |
| 27 | All courses are held on the premises of Leica Camera Ltd at . |
| 28 | All courses are held on the premises of Leica Camera Limited at . |
| 29 | All courses are held at The Vegetarian Society Cookery School in beautiful surroundings in Altrincham , 10 miles outside Manchester . |
| 30 | The calendar below shows the 13 dazzling international exhibitions being held in the 12,000 square metre exhibition hall . |