Example sentences of "and held [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 When two blocks of the same polymer are brought together and held at a temperature just above the T g for a time t , interdiffusion of the chains takes place from each block across the interface ( see figure 12.6 ) thereby joining the blocks together .
2 A meeting of the SADR Cabinet , chaired by the SADR President , Mohammed Abdelazziz , and held at an unspecified location on Nov. 4 , called on Morocco " once again to begin direct dialogue ( with Polisario ) as soon as possible to implement the resolutions of the international community " .
3 British scientists at a conference last week , organised by the Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine and held at the Royal Marsden Hospital , London , described neural computers able to diagnose a host of medical conditions — from heart problems to eye defects — with up to 98 per cent accuracy .
4 THE 50th anniversary show organised by Essex Young Farmers and held at the Great Leighs Showground yesterday , displayed every aspect of the world of agriculture .
5 The conference was chaired by the former Conservative MP Sir John Gorst and held at the Guildhall .
6 iii ) The most recent pilot course has been the first Post-Graduate Diploma course in Interpreting Training Techniques , funded , like the other pilots , by the Nuffield Foundation and held at the Polytechnic of Central London in 1989 .
7 Normally it will be a joint validation for the centres involved and held at the SCOTVEC offices .
8 They had been arrested on Dec. 17 and held at the premises of the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance in Abidjan accused of the possession of documents supporting a group calling itself the Democratic Convention of African People , material considered hostile to the Eyadema regime .
9 The two other residential courses , both ‘ Working in Teams ’ were weekend events based around outdoor activities and held at the Dounans Outdoor Centre , Aberfoyle .
10 This was the party which left one man dead and one on a life support machine — an all night rave billed as Dance Planet and held at the Humming Bird club in Birmingham .
11 As their eyes met and held across the coffee-table , Ronni felt a sudden sharp frisson go through her .
12 The couple , who were arrested on Monday night in a raid on a bungalow in west London and held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act , will both appear before magistrates at Arbour Square today .
13 The pair claimed their human rights were breached when they were arrested and held under the Prevention of Terrorism Act .
14 Most of Siberia was conquered and held without the serious levels of bloodshed experienced in the American West .
15 Fields which may be frequently accessed may be designated key fields by the database administrator and held on the index , to facilitate this easy access .
16 The ion exchange resin beads have the ability to exchange sodium ions held on the resin , for the calcium and magnesium dissolved in the water , so that after passing through the resin bed the water contains non hardness forming sodium slats , the calcium and magnesium having been removed and held on the resin .
17 The girl 's fair hair was scraped back and held with a slide ; she wore a grey shirt , open half-way down the front , and bleached jeans .
18 Unless the glider is going to be launched without delay , it should be turned out of wind and held with the into-wind wing down until it is needed .
19 All stretches should be gradual and held for a period of 30 seconds before release .
20 These attacks , plus an incident in which two men , a Briton and a Zimbabwean , were kidnapped and held for a month by the MNR in February-March , led to renewed doubts about the security of the Beira corridor between Zimbabwe and the central Mozambican port , which provided a major fuel and transport artery for Zimbabwean trade .
21 He turned , their eyes met and held for a long , tense moment , then suddenly Penry flung away , so precipitate in his hurry to leave that he forgot to duck .
22 The neckguard was solid and beaten out of two sheets of metal and held to the cap by two riveted leather hinges with metal reinforcing bars .
23 But it was old and held to the post with bits of string in proper agricultural fashion .
24 A further refinement found on some models is ‘ exposure lock ’ by means of which the exposure can he preset at a particular level and held through a shot — we shall consider the reasons for wishing to do this later ( see Chapter 5 ) .
25 He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal .
26 It was by just such dazzling manoeuvres that the Emperor and held off the Russian , Prussian and Austrian armies in the spring of 1814 .
27 The B ♭ in the bass must be tied over and held throughout the following bar in our transcription if it is to convey faithfully the composer 's intention .
28 He lay there , a saline drip in his arm , his head tilted back and held in a vice-like contraption .
29 In the 1960's , a medievalist scholar , Professor Schlomo Pines , found in a collection of Arabic manuscripts , dating from the tenth century and held in a library in Istanbul , a number of lengthy and detailed verbatim quotes from an earlier , fifth- or sixth-century , text , which the Arab writer ascribes to ‘ al-nasara ’ — the Nazareans .
30 She was caught and held in a firm warm grasp and she turned her face into a broad comforting shoulder as the blackness descended .
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