Example sentences of "be held [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 2 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 3 | Sanders and Lloyd-Greame would at the least be held up for years by coalition , for there was no room for their promotion . |
| 4 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 5 | Goods coming into the country can be held up for other routine reasons , for example , non-completion of paperwork or the non-payment of tax and excise duties , said Customs . |
| 6 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 7 | That leaves £7.7m to be distributed but Mr Jordan said some of this would still have to be held back for litigation . |
| 8 | She turned as her maid appeared from the anteroom with two dresses , one gold and one white , which were held up for Jane 's inspection.Jane pointed to the pale gold dress then returned her attention to the mirror . |
| 9 | We must conclude that the time zone niche has not delivered the benefits that were held out for it when LIFFE was established . |
| 10 | I ended up going over the falls and being held under for a long time , and thinking there was no way I was going to come up before the next wave came across . |
| 11 | This daily confronting of the ‘ primitive terror ’ as represented by the sea is held up for our admiration . |
| 12 | Matty and Chris 's return flight is held up for seven hours . |
| 13 | If you work in a university , polytechnic , college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of funding , the Research Fund may be able to help you . |
| 14 | Most wo n't pay up for delays unless your flight is held up for at least 12 hours — 10 with Thomas Cook . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters if that 's held up for ten minutes . ’ |
| 16 | With consumption in Great Britain averaging 114kg ( 250lb ) per head per annum , incidentally the highest consumption figure in Europe , most of the crop is consumed in this country ; some potatoes are exported whilst the remainder are held back for use as a seed to produce the following year 's crop . |
| 17 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 18 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 19 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 20 | However , it was disappointing that a new international instrument on ‘ disappearances ’ was held over for further study . |
| 21 | Accepting the logic of this situation the matter was held over for further review at a later Department Head meeting . |
| 22 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 23 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |
| 24 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 25 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 26 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 27 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 28 | The arrival of the Italian soldiers was held up for a time while the Italian government bargained for an Italian to command the UN forces ( the commander is , as it happens , a Brazilian ) . |
| 29 | The morning train from Sidney picked up milk from various farms for shipment to Victoria and on at least one occasion it was held up for two hours while cows , that had been turned into the bush the previous night to pick up what nourishment they could were searched for , rounded up , milked and the milk loaded for the trip to town . |
| 30 | Then the subway train was held up for twenty minutes . |