Example sentences of "[noun pl] were hold [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of these reserves were held in the Eurodollar market , which meant that rather than deposit them in New York the central banks of the oil producers deposited them in banks outside the United States . |
| 2 | The sessions were held in the schoolroom and three nurses , in rippling saris , stood at the front of the room and demonstrated , with the use of pictures and a dummy , how intestinal worms and diseases are spread by eggs and germs that pass from one person 's faeces to another person 's mouth . |
| 3 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 4 | These gatherings were held in the Church Institute and I did occasionally worry about the language . |
| 5 | A series of CBC promotional days were held throughout the country during June to promote the scheme . |
| 6 | Armagnac 's brother , the archbishop of Auch , had acknowledged that his temporalities were held from the crown of France , and Capetian lawyers tried to argue that the lordships of Armagnac and Fézensac were fiefs of the archbishopric and therefore subject to the superior lordship of the French crown . |
| 7 | Both public and private versions were held in the mind at one and the same time . |
| 8 | The wedding receptions were held at the Crown Hotel in Varteg , Gwent , and Talywaun Rugby Club , Gwent . |
| 9 | The entry of foreign forces into the Gulf swung public opinion strongly behind Iraq , and a number of pro-Iraqi demonstrations were held in the country during August , including a march organized by the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) in Algiers on Aug. 15 . |
| 10 | A series of government investigations were held into the question of pensions and the conditions of the aged poor , in 1885–87 , 1895 , 1896 and 1899 . |
| 11 | As discussions were held on the formation of a government , deliberations were also taking place within Congress ( I ) on the issue of the next Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Discussions were held with the government of Iran in May on the strengthening of bilateral ties . |
| 13 | This is a collection of strange bedfellows , but is an interesting reflection of the high esteem in which artists were held at the time . |
| 14 | During the week after their arrival , meetings were held with the State Senator , the Mayor of Penghu County , teachers , businessmen , students , and Buddhist priests . |
| 15 | Three such meetings were held during the course of 1960 . |
| 16 | Throughout 1992 meetings were held across the country for representatives of industry and colleges to discuss the implications of the new framework . |
| 17 | PARISHIONERS and clergy looked back at the past year on Sunday when Headley 's annual vestry and parish meetings were held at the Church Centre . |
| 18 | Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter-professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons-sur-Marne . |
| 19 | Rehearsals were held in the Club 's premises at 136 Bree Street , a former gymnasium acquired and converted only a couple of years before . |
| 20 | Direct elections were held for the presidency , the vice-presidency and the National Assembly in October 1985 [ see pp. 34146-48 ] . |
| 21 | Elections were held to the state parliaments in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony on May 13 , involving 19,000,000 voters or two-fifths of the West German electorate . |
| 22 | The elections were held against the background of the serious and savage autumn harvest uprisings in October 1946 and were characterised by various grave deficiencies : some electors were not notified of the election , votes were cast by others in the names of genuine electors . |
| 23 | The elections were held in the context of continuing controversy over the recent introduction of the community charge ( " poll tax " ) system of local government finance [ see page 37329 ] . |
| 24 | Against a background of continuing civil war between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) in the northern and eastern provinces , local elections were held throughout the rest of the island on May 11 , resulting in a sweeping victory for the ruling United National Party ( UNP ) . |
| 25 | The practice will also apply where assets were held by the transferor on 31 March 1982 , unless actual consideration is given by the transferee . |
| 26 | A number of short seminars were held during the year and these were well supported . |
| 27 | The ANC had called for the day to be one of national mourning and services and vigils were held throughout the country . |
| 28 | At first the winter months were used for training but when the policy of laying up cutters for the winter was discontinued the courses were held throughout the year . |
| 29 | Festivities and worship-rites were held on the top which declined when the new faith arrived . |
| 30 | The talks were held in the terminal of Port-au-Prince 's international airport to ensure the safety of the OAS delegates . |