Example sentences of "be holding the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it 's true , you 're holding the final chapter in a long-running saga that began way back in 1985 . |
| 2 | one of the favourites to win the British Hangliding Championships is Pete Harvey from Milton Keynes … he helped Britain to third in the world cup which has just finished in California … now he 's taking off for Spain … that'ss where they 're holding the British competition … why its hot sunny and its ' not raining … |
| 3 | THE BFSS , in conjunction with The Game Conservancy Trust and The Lords Taverners , are holding the second Countryside Race Day on Newmarket 's Rowley Mile course on Saturday . |
| 4 | Timed to coincide with the major retrospective of Georgia O'Keeffe at the Hayward Gallery , Alex Reid and Lefevre are holding the first commercial exhibition of the artist 's work to be held in Europe ( 8 April to 7 May ) . |
| 5 | London University 's Birkbeck College in collaboration with information technology consultants Brameur Ltd are holding the third annual conference on electronic imaging and the visual arts . |
| 6 | Datapro Canada , Unican and UniForum Canada are holding the Fourth Annual Executive Symposium on Open Systems & Client/Server Computing at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto April 6 to 8 : they 've rounded up people like Doug Michels of Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Roel Pieper of Unix System Laboratories Inc , John Paul of Compaq Computer Corp , Jon Gossels of the Open Software Foundation , Bill O'Shea of NCR Corp , Heinz Lycklama of Open Systems Technology Associates and George Shaffner of X/Open Co Ltd to speak . |
| 7 | A young French assistant , who had been holding the white horse on which Duclos ranged the plantation each day , stepped forward at a signal from him and steadied the animal while he mounted . |
| 8 | This looks even more unconstitutional — but while the lawyers debate that question , the government could be holding the monetary line . |
| 9 | On the 26 August , we will be holding the promised follow-up to our Emergency Services open day . |
| 10 | On the afternoon of 26 August we will be holding the promised follow-up to our Emergency Services open day ; it will only involve representatives from the Police and British Gas South Western and I will be pleased if you or other senior colleagues can take part . |
| 11 | On the 26 August , we will be holding the promised follow-up to our emergency Services open day . |
| 12 | Pallant House , an elegant eighteenth-century red brick town house in the centre of Chichester , will be holding the following exhibitions in 1993 : 6 February to 3 April ‘ John Piper and the Stage ’ , focusing on his close association with Chichester Cathedral ; 20 April to 12 June ‘ Ivon Hitchins 's Nudes ’ , commemorating the centenary year of the artist 's birth ; 29 June to 18 September ‘ Henry Moore and the Sea ’ , includes drawings , sculptures , models and graphics ; 5 October to 1 January 1994 ‘ The Patronage of Contemporary Artists ’ , modern British art from private collections . |
| 13 | The Atomic Spectroscopy Group will be holding the sixth Biennial national atomic spectroscopy symposium ( BNASS ) on 22–24 July at Polytechnic South West , Plymouth . |
| 14 | Journalists reported that forces loyal to General Noriega were holding the northern border regions of Panama . |
| 15 | It 's how we 've , on the actual er vehicles there is actual metal fastenings that 's holding the whole trailer together . |
| 16 | The Office des Communications Sociales of Montreal , Canada , is holding the first national conference on the Church and communication in Cap-Rouge , 4–6 June . |
| 17 | Brown ‘ boiled-up cow ’ type glue is holding the all-solid construction together remarkably well , and the high action makes it the perfect instrument for playing bottleneck and slide blues . |
| 18 | He was holding the lighted match . |
| 19 | He was only gone a moment or two and when he returned he was holding the complete clasp . |
| 20 | Shelley had already gone to the patient and was holding the swollen ankle . |
| 21 | He was holding the bucking steering wheel with his artificial hand while he felt under the dashboard for his cigarettes . |
| 22 | One of them was holding the longest pair of pliers Dorcas had ever seen . |
| 23 | I was then sure that the brush was holding the exact colour the painting required . |
| 24 | The German soldier was holding the white flag above his head . |
| 25 | Carrie came into the room carrying a plate of cheese sandwiches followed by Nellie who was holding the large enamel teapot in both hands . |
| 26 | Preparing pre-glazed aluminium replacement windows for my house , and working alone , the problem was holding the heavy sashes open while I drilled holes , with the window laid flat on the bench . |