Example sentences of "held [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once major strategies have been set , they are likely to be held for some time . |
| 2 | But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time . |
| 3 | The lunch break was defined as being outside school hours , and so any activities held during that time could be charged for . |
| 4 | ( In addition to the numerous foreign minister-level discussions held during this time , Kohl also visited Paris on Feb. 15 and was to visit the UK for talks with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in March . ) |
| 5 | An English radical commented in 1887 that ‘ the present position of the European world is one in which sheer force holds a larger place than it has held in modern times since the fall of Napoleon ’ . |
| 6 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 7 | When toddler and baby both need to be carried or held at all times , how do you get the luggage and buggy off the train ? |
| 8 | It is known to have been held at some time ‘ on a Thursday with only four people there ’ . |
| 9 | Events are normally held at windy times of year ( spring and autumn ) and at venues where there are good surf conditions . |
| 10 | Thereafter the time was never judged to be ripe although we were told in oral evidence that , subject to the availability of Ministers , a Defence Committee [ i.e. OD ] meeting could have been held at any time , if necessary at short notice . |
| 11 | In Britain elections to the House of Commons , from which the government is formed , must be held at least every five years ( until Parliament says otherwise ) but may be held at any time during the five years , for example there were only eight months between elections in 1974 and the average length of a parliament is around four years . |
| 12 | As outlined in para 3.3 below , the City Code applies to takeovers of certain categories of private companies ( broadly where the equity share capital has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer ) . |
| 13 | The exemption does not apply if the equity share capital of the private company has been to some extent publicly held at any time within the ten years prior to the offer . |
| 14 | The high esteem in which jet was held at this time is shown by its relation to amber and gold . |
| 15 | A Special General Meeting called by the National Council was held at this time , a report of which is to be seen on page 13 . |
| 16 | In the larger clinics the two may run concurrently , in the smaller they may be held at different times during the week . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , the idea ( which many people have held at different times ) of a national ballet for South Africa has not come to fruition even now , four decades later , any more than the dream which John cherished when working in Germany of forming a national company there . |
| 18 | The relative esteem in which stones have been held at different times has rested on a number of factors . |