Example sentences of "be held the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stag parties and hen parties used to be held the night before the wedding , the last opportunity for the girls and boys to go out , or stay at home , with friends of their own sex . |
| 2 | Do n't forget , the paper prominently said , that the first of the two Celebration of Canadian Racing meetings would be held the evening with the regular post time of 7 p.m. , while the second meeting , including the running of the Jockey Club Race Train Stakes would be tomorrow afternoon , post time 1.30 . |
| 3 | Mr Dickinson said : ‘ From what I understand what has happened is that last year the county championships were held the week after the Spring Bank Holiday and some counties have automatically presumed that this would be the case this year Cleveland and Northumberland included . |
| 4 | In good batting conditions , the English bowlers performed well , and with some good catches being held the innings never really threatened . |
| 5 | The Senator also proposed an interim bureaucratic manoeuvre to head off the seminar : ‘ I genuinely fear that if the seminar is held the VEC will put itself at risk because you are giving a platform to people who are not sincere . |
| 6 | Weeks before a parents ' evening is held the staff need to get together to discuss and plan the whole event . |
| 7 | She 's held the post of special ambassador to the children 's charity UNICEF since 1988 , visiting war-torn and poverty-stricken countries such as Vietnam and Bangladesh . |
| 8 | Where there is a formal announcement of a royal proclamation to dissolve parliament before the special meeting referred to in paragraph ( b ) above has been held the provisions of this section ( other than this paragraph ) shall be suspended and the said Member of Parliament shall be reselected as the prospective parliamentary candidate unless he or she intimated his or her intention to retire in which case the provisions of section ( 4 ) of this clause shall apply . |
| 9 | In addition to the conference , a one day sales training course was held the day before . |