Example sentences of "[be] held at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Hotel Conrad , , on 16 June 1993 at 11 a.m for the following purposes : |
| 2 | Caught early enough , it can be held at bay . |
| 3 | The personal figure of coercion , such as the bailiff , may be held at bay through the provision of money , which allows for exchange outside of the nexus of personal social relations . |
| 4 | The fact that the ‘ natural ’ climax community for the region could be held at bay by geographical factors such as the presence of a lake showed that there was no super-organism designed to flourish in a particular region . |
| 5 | It could mean that for some patients the disease can be held at bay . |
| 6 | Each of the sisters who offers an appropriate form of service to the group enables the balance to be held at rest . |
| 7 | Following the success of last year 's inaugural event of the Great Lakes Mixed Triples tournament , the event will be held at Oak Leaf Sports Complex between May 2 and May 4 . |
| 8 | If the reception is to be held at home : Mr and Mrs Charles Brown At Home following the marriage of their daughter … |
| 9 | If this is thought too tame , a lively and amusing party can be held at home or in a room at a sports club along the lines of a fancy dress party , again with humorous speeches . |
| 10 | A dance will be held at North Ormesby Club on Tuesday . |
| 11 | In connection with the Festival of Britain Exhibition that was to be held at South Bank in 1951 , some major road works were carried out between Westminster Bridge and Waterloo Station , streets in that area being made ‘ one way ’ at the same time . |
| 12 | Notice is hereby given that the twenty-second Annual General Meeting of LASMO plc will be held at Cinema 1 , Barbican Centre , Silk Street , London EC2Y 8DS , on Tuesday 25 May 1993 at 11.30 am for the following purposes : |
| 13 | If these are the premises and prejudices of Soviet leaders , much as faults in the system will be criticised , the system itself will not be held at fault . |
| 14 | The later stages of the tournament were held at Shell 's Sittingbourne Research Centre and attracted teams from St Dunstan 's College , Catford , London , the Judd School , Tonbridge , and St Lawrence College , Ramsgate , in addition to King 's . |
| 15 | The first semi-final the next evening ( almost all the events were held at night ) saw Bringmann , Bryzgin , Marie-Rose and Wells all together . |
| 16 | If they were held at bay longer than they anticipated and carried into the final day , it only seemed a stay of execution for the West Indies . |
| 17 | The Masses were held at Christmas , and at Scone instead of the newly finished cathedral at Birsay , for the King did not go to Orkney that winter . |
| 18 | TWO doctors were held at knife-point by a patient kept waiting to see a psychiatrist , a court heard yesterday . |
| 19 | The family were held at gunpoint overnight . |
| 20 | The terrified family were handcuffed , had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight . |
| 21 | Three years ago , the Ward family were held at gunpoint and threatened by a gang of raiders at their home in Turweston . |
| 22 | A fine example was found in Lincoln in 1866 and is now in the British Museum ( fig. 14.4 ) , i others came from Richborough ( fig. 14.5 ) and from a grave at Colchester on a Castor Box on which a lion appears in a venatio and being held at bay by a nude bestiarius with a long hunting spear . |
| 23 | A win today would put pressure on the top three , but Newcastle will regard the draw as a safe option after being held at home by Middlesbrough last weekend . |
| 24 | Paperboy Ben Cosstick was back on his delivery rounds today , just forty eight hours after being held at gunpoint during a robbery at a newsagents in Bletchley . |
| 25 | Vietnam 's economic collapse is held at bay only through massive aid from Russia amounting , by one estimate , to $3m a day . |
| 26 | 2 The Tenders list is held at reception and all tenders which arrive should be ticked off in pencil on the list at reception . |
| 27 | A new stock of blue silk ties , with a single Pegasus motif is held at HQ . |
| 28 | Barclays ' nostro account is held at Bank Y in the USA , therefore $10m is transferred from Bank X to Bank Y in New York . |
| 29 | Astringently if politely , Louisa had been held at bay ; till now , when at the lines : |
| 30 | Barton Lynch , sitting out the qualifying rounds and waiting for the main event , recalled the 1988 Billabong , which for the first time had been held at Pipeline . |