Example sentences of "[prep] be hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Missed departure cover is particularly important because there is more chance of being held up on the way to the airport in winter than in summer . |
| 2 | After the fourth session of the Hague peace conference on Sept. 26 , attended by the Foreign Ministers of all the republics , Lord Carrington said that the ceasefire seemed to be holding sufficiently for the conference to carry on and to accelerate its work . |
| 3 | As soon as Ellie was seated , she began to rib her gently about her life in England , about how sorry she felt for her living in such a confusing place ; regaled her with insights on the local population , and the arrangements being made for the wedding , which was to be held here in the Hall . |
| 4 | A column entitled ‘ Bulletin ’ informs her that Marilyn French will be discussing her new book , Beyond Power : Women , Men and Morals , at a public meeting to be held later in the week in London , and it crosses Robyn 's mind , not for the first time , that it is a pity she lives so far from the metropolis where such exciting events are always happening . |
| 5 | The struggle between the hardliners and the newly resurgent reformists , once again apparently receiving the patronage of the country 's veteran statesman-leader Deng Xiaoping , was believed to be intensifying in the run-up to the 14th party congress due to be held later in the year . |
| 6 | A joint Directors of Planning meeting is to be held shortly on the Structure Plan Review and any issues arising will affect the timescale . |
| 7 | to be held up towards the moon on television |
| 8 | N may be too large for there to be room for that number of add instructions to be held economically in the store , or the value of N may not be known when the program is being prepared ( for example it might be read in as a piece of data ) . |
| 9 | The child may initially need to be held briefly on the chair , but the parent can release hand pressure as soon as the child settles on the chair . |
| 10 | The Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 16 — the first since January 1989 — was widely seen as paving the way for the next election , expected to be held ahead of the constitutional deadline of June 1992 . |
| 11 | They were disinclined to be held back by the deliberations of a slow moving and ponderous Commission . |
| 12 | Mr Hutton 's desk was a shaped piece of black wood with a single file on it , and the heavily bound books that covered one wall appeared to be held there by the power of faith , no shelves being visible . |
| 13 | She shrieked when he went near her with the scissors , and had to be held down by the nurse so that he could take off about twelve inches of her golden curls . |
| 14 | ‘ Can you bear to be held down by the bonds of marriage ? |
| 15 | Meetings began to be held all over the West Country in village halls and school gyms to debate the issues . |
| 16 | In the end families like the Dersinghams seem to be held upright by the social system without actually having anything very much to contribute to it . |