Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] hold [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the idea that a human rights concert should be held in the very stadium in Santiago where Allende 's officers rounded up thousands of Chileans in 1973 , prior to committing gross violations , stretches the powers of credulity . |
| 2 | The Trade Negotiations Committee ( TNC-the highest-level body involved in the Uruguay Round ) agreed on July 27 that the final ministerial meeting of the Uruguay Round should be held in the last weeks of 1990 , and accepted an invitation from the European Communities ( EC ) and Belgium that the meeting should be in Brussels , the Belgian capital . |
| 3 | A low vision aid must be held at the correct distance from the material to be viewed for maximum magnification to be effected , and it can be difficult to sustain this with a hand-held magnifier for any length of time . |
| 4 | and that there is no other regular ministry held there by any other denomination of Christians whereby any adequate surveillance might be held over the moral and religious state of the community , and that consequently the sins of intemperance , Sabbath desecration , and the other vices that follow in their train have become sadly prevalent and daily increasing . |
| 5 | However , Dumas was believed to have expressed disquiet at the suggestion that Lebanese elections might be held before the proposed withdrawal of Syrian troops in September . |
| 6 | They seized the opportunity for independence or at least a new bargain with Moscow — regardless of whatever views might be held by the silent masses . |
| 7 | The closest thing to a suggestion of further co-operation with the SNP was Dennis Canavan 's argument that talks could be held on the narrow agenda of pushing for a multi-option referendum , and a reserved hearing the conference accorded to the Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary , Campbell Christie . |
| 8 | Further copies may be held at the local public library . |
| 9 | Two or three trials may be held on the same evening . |
| 10 | While the leash may be held in the right hand , the dog is invariably positioned on the left . |
| 11 | MDC noted that a Younger Chemists ' reception would be held during the 1992 annual congress and that Ciba-Geigy had agreed to provide sponsorship . |
| 12 | The four parties agreed to reconvene having received assurances from UK Prime Minister John Major and UK Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock that talks would be held on the same basis whatever the outcome of the general election . |
| 13 | Elections to the Slovak and Czech National Councils would be held at the same time . |
| 14 | The government consistently denied rumours of an early poll , claiming that no parliamentary elections would be held before the presidential contest due in April 1991 , although local elections at sub-district level were expected to go ahead in May 1990 , after the success of similar elections in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on June 25 , 1989 ( see p. 36736 ) . |
| 15 | It had earlier been expected that the UN referendum there would be held before the Moroccan elections . |
| 16 | According to a timetable finalized the following month , the constitution would be amended by April 1991 and multiparty elections would be held in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 17 | In response the government , eager to distance itself from the ruling FLN , which was itself in disarray [ see pp. 37628 ; 37795-96 ] , and secure its own survival , promised that free and open parliamentary elections would be held in the first half of 1991 . |
| 18 | Moi gave no indication of the date of a general election , but there was general expectation that polls would be held in the first half of 1992 . |
| 19 | Mswati did not specify who would decide on the incorporation of the Vusela-2 recommendations into a new constitution , neither did he give a new date for elections , which had been due in November , although he said on Oct. 26 that they would be held in the first half of 1993 . |
| 20 | The plenum decided that the party 's 14th congress would be held in the fourth quarter of 1992 . |
| 21 | The provisional government of Eritrea announced on April 9 that a referendum on the question of independence would be held in the third week of April 1993 , if not before . |
| 22 | THE Grampian Piers Race , for dinghies , multi-hulls , windsurfers and water-skiers , will be held for the first time on Saturday , 7 August . |
| 23 | Fresh Art , the only fair to show the work of British graduates and post-graduates , will be held for the second time at the Business Design Centre , Upper Street , Islington , London N1 from 17 July to 1 August . |
| 24 | Both theory and practical tuition will be held at the Central Midlands Co-op funeral home at Great Brook Street , Birmingham . |
| 25 | Interviews will be held at the above address on Wednesday 2 December 1992 and I would be grateful if you could attend at . |
| 26 | Notice is hereby given that the fourth Annual General Meeting of British Gas plc will be held at the National Exhibition Centre , Birmingham B40 1NT , on Thursday 9 August 1990 at 2.15 pm for the transaction of the following business : |
| 27 | Novel methods of aromatic substitution in synthesis will be held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre in London on 29 January 1992 . |
| 28 | A one-day Perkin Division symposium on Trends and developments in organic synthesis will be held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre at 10.30 am on Thursday 20 February 1992 . |
| 29 | A one-day Dalton Division symposium on Recent developments in Main Group chemistry will be held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre , London , at 10.30 am on Thursday 2 April 1992 . |
| 30 | A one-day Perkin Division symposium on Stereocontrol in organic synthesis will be held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre , London , at 11.00 am on Thursday 9 April 1992 . |