Example sentences of "[vb -s] [been] hold [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because there are no unions here staff have not been involved in the strike ballot which has been held at the other four British plants .
2 Meanwhile a memorial service has been held for the former cabinet minister and Cotswolds MP Nicholas Ridley .
3 They will be competing at the Haribo meet in Bonn , where the German World Cup fixture has been held for the past four years and where many world and European records have been broken .
4 It has been held by the European Court of Human Rights that freedom of expression ( Article 10 ) constitutes one of the essential foundations of democratic society , one of the basic conditions for its progress and for the development of every man ( judgment of the Court of 7 December 1976 , Handyside Case , Series A , No.24 ) .
5 It has been held by the High Court that an agreement to settle an appeal made under s 54 , TMA 1970 was subject to the ordinary laws of contract and that it was therefore subject to rectification where , because of a mistake , the agreement was not in accordance with the parties ' intentions ( p 100 ) .
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