Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a torch-lit ceremony held on the regimental parade ground two nights later , we were given our képis . |
| 2 | Guests at the ceremony held in a beautiful beachside house included director Micahel Winner and millionaire Robert Sangster . |
| 3 | Apart from this , the principal government response had apparently been a highly publicized campaign to remove Sendero graffiti from the walls of two Lima universities , and the distribution of old-fashioned Winchester rifles to peasant militia self-defence groups ( rondas campesinas ) during a militaristic ceremony held in the Andean village of Chaquichocha on June 23 . |
| 4 | ‘ High quality clinical researchers are like gold dust , ’ said Diana Dunstan of the Medical Research Council at a meeting on opportunities in clinical research held at the Royal College of Physicians just before Christmas . |
| 5 | On June 14 the UDF television station screened a videotape of a demonstration held outside the National Assembly building on Dec. 14 , 1989 , in which President Petar Mladenov could be heard saying : " The best thing to do is to bring the tanks in . " |
| 6 | Then flew away , slow-flapping wings , neck held in a curving S-shape . |
| 7 | But all I could do was wrestle with the lunging hind foot , dressing the infected cleft with a crude mixture of copper sulphate and Stockholm tar and finishing with a pad of cotton wool held by a tight bandage . |
| 8 | At the end of April , all three withdrew from the election after being placed low down in a kind of primary contest held among the United Left 's Madrid rank-and-file to help decide who should go where on the list of candidates put before the capital 's voters ( a candidate 's position is crucial to his chances of a seat ) . |
| 9 | ( 6 ) The members of a licensing board for a district or licensing division of a district shall be elected at the first meeting of the district council held after the ordinary election of that council in 1977 and , in the case of subsequent elections , of those members : ( a ) except in so far as paragraph ( b ) below otherwise provides , at the first meeting of the council held after each Subsequent ordinary election of the council ; and ( b ) where a determination under subsection ( 3 ) above is made ( whether or not at such meeting of the council as is mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above ) , either : ( i ) at the meeting at which the determination is made ; or ( ii ) at the first meeting of the council held after such meeting as is mentioned in sub-paragraph ( i ) above . |
| 10 | However , I feel that the ‘ caring professions ’ have a lot to answer for in terms of the attitude held by the general public . |
| 11 | Victorine stared at her reflection held in the ornate frame of the mirror over the fireplace while her fingers dusted the china vases that flanked it . |
| 12 | Differences in reward between occupations result from the scarce skill held by the occupational group . |
| 13 | I have just returned from an interesting and enjoyable conference on Coastal Zone Management held during a beautiful weekend in Copenhagen . |
| 14 | Her eyes drank in the cameo of the small child held by the tall man . |
| 15 | ( So firm is the grip held by the revived quantity theory of money nowadays that few of the monetarists or new classical macroeconomists who followed in Friedman 's footsteps bothered to elucidate the mechanism by which changes in M s ( or in ) affect W and P. They just do . ) |
| 16 | Asked about the 19.5 per cent stake held by a rival brewer , he said he thought Boddington should sell it . |
| 17 | Abdul al Wahhab Abdul Salam Attar became Minister of Planning , a portfolio held in an acting capacity by Shaikh Hisham Nazer since his appointment in 1986 as Minister for Petroleum and Mineral Resources [ see p. 35289 ] . |
| 18 | On 6 February 1991 the judge held as a preliminary point that the cause of action was statute-barred . |
| 19 | Thus with the aileron and rudder held in a central position , a glider will always weathercock into line with the relative airflow , just as the wind vane on a church steeple will always swing into the wind . |
| 20 | After the winged Soul Eater had gone from the low-ceilinged Workshops , its leathery wings beating on the night , the soul of the mutilated boy held in a merciless grip between its claws , the slaves had scuttled back to their tasks and the Robemaker had conjured up another of the thin , whiplike lights that had lashed out and thrown Nuadu to the floor . |
| 21 | Leeson had protected the photograph with two thin pieces of white cardboard held with an elastic band . |
| 22 | Is the meeting held in the informal comfort of the staff room or is the setting a more formal arrangement ? |
| 23 | A TWO YEAR OLD Rumanian girl was both guest of honour and raison d'etre for a ball and charity evening held at the Black Horse Hotel , Skipton , writes J A F Sheard . |
| 24 | A video image of Dale Kunzler , 10 , from Todmorden , West Yorkshire , is projected upside down on a screen behind him during a video workshop at the ‘ Let's Make A Film ’ Festival held at the National Museum of Photography , Film and Television in Bradford at the weekend . |
| 25 | Particular circumstances exist in which filtration may be useful , and a consensus conference held at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh tried to identify them . |
| 26 | Aimed at improving Glasgow 's record of ‘ high flier ’ new start companies , this Programme was launched at a New Firm Formation conference held in the Royal Concert Hall . |
| 27 | In a press conference held after the final meeting on Sept. 10 Hun Sen called for an immediate ceasefire in Cambodia . |
| 28 | In the United States , the Supreme Court held in the great case of The New York Times v Sullivan that no libel action could succeed if the plaintiff was a public figure and the allegation was honestly and diligently made . |
| 29 | Mrs. Maria Fyfe ( Glasgow , Maryhill ) : When this legislation was presented to the Chamber some weeks ago , I inquired of the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last attempted to board a bus whilst trying to fold a pushchair , with an infant in one arm and a toddler held by the other hand . |
| 30 | If the unemployment register held by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is to be believed , there are fewer than 100 out of work . |