Example sentences of "held [prep] [art] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 6 April the USA declared war on Germany and on the following 8 May a conference was held between the US Shipping Board , the US Steamship Owners and the US International Seamen 's Union which resulted in what became known as the " Atlantic Agreement " which laid down manning levels , wages and bonuses . |
| 2 | The conversations which are held between the March hare and the mad hatter are complete nonsense . |
| 3 | Blake also took part in the joint planning meetings that were held between the CIA and MI6 during one of which , in December 1953 , the Berlin tunnel operation was approved . |
| 4 | A condition of the setting up of the Executive was that tri-partite talks should be held between the Westminster and Dublin governments and those Northern Ireland parties which were prepared to take part in the Executive . |
| 5 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 6 | England 's Jeremy Guscott takes centre stage at an awards ceremony at Thornbury RFC , held for the Bristol club 's thriving junior section . |
| 7 | The GrandPrix , held during the FEIEA 's three-day triennial congress , was the first such competition and attracted entries from 12 European nations . |
| 8 | A meeting of publishers and booksellers was held during the Brussels book fair . |
| 9 | The proposed rule change comes against a background of concern about the speed of the game , which was the subject of an ATP Players Forum held during the Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne in March ( see Parsons ' Perspective ) . |
| 10 | An inaugural conference was held during the Leicester Conference of the Labour Party in October 1932 to establish a Socialist educational and propaganda organization affiliated to the Labour Party . |
| 11 | Side-stepping more conventional onboard entertainments , Fairstar passengers entered into the spirit of the races , held during the P&O Holidays cruise ship 's call at Townsville , Queensland . |
| 12 | When Chancellor Kohl said he would prefer the December inter-governmental conference to be held after the West German election , Mrs Thatcher intervened and said : ‘ But Mr Chancellor , my elections are due the following year . ’ |
| 13 | When Chancellor Kohl said he would prefer the inter-governmental conference to be held after the West German election , Mrs Thatcher said : ‘ But Mr Chancellor , my elections are due the following year . ’ |
| 14 | Several protest demonstrations were held following the Mondello verdict , and there were reports of revenge attacks against whites by gangs of black youths . |
| 15 | They are the outcome of more than 20 conferences held throughout the UK and follow an investigation by Counsel and Care which revealed widespread demeaning restraint in homes . |
| 16 | The courses last three hours and are held throughout the UK . |
| 17 | A military aeroplane set out for the Kaylayaan islands with voting papers for the village elections being held throughout the Philippines . |
| 18 | There are two Crown Bowling Greens where many competitions are held including the George Davies Bowling Tournament ( details of all the bowling Competitions available on request ) . |
| 19 | Discussions will be held with the TUC to see if there should be a threshold of union membership after which recognition by employers would be automatic . |
| 20 | Delicate negotiations must be held with the North Koreans . |
| 21 | UPH 's first interest in the site concerned the possibility of putting 155 residences there , and discussions were held with the Corpo 's planning department on this proposal . |
| 22 | Talks have also been held with the Darlington Society of Friends and the Churches Housing Association which has small developments nearby . |
| 23 | Discussions had been held with the Asia Pacific Group , and it was felt suitable to have a Philippines focus . |
| 24 | Three other men arrested later are still being held under the PTA at central London police stations . |
| 25 | Her 33-year-old caterer husband is being held in a Baghdad jail along with fellow Briton Michael Wainwright , 42 , of Sowerby Bridge , West Yorkshire . |
| 26 | The genuine popularity of the Prince , his self-evident concern and compassion , and events like his fortieth birthday party ( held in a Birmingham tram shed ) are drawing on new sources of support for the institution of monarchy beyond the recesses of middle-class dreaming . |
| 27 | Mr Anthony Hamnett , 48 , a trainee solicitor at the time with Nabarro Nathanson , admitted eating the penis under pressure from secretaries during the lunch held in a Chelsea restaurant just before Christmas 1990 . |
| 28 | King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV finally acknowledged in an interview with New Zealand television in March , in which he claimed that Pohive and other dissidents were Marxists who wished to overthrow the royal style of government , that the money was being held in a United States bank so that the government would not spend it . |
| 29 | A second round National Assembly by-election held in a Budapest constituency on April 14 was won by the candidate of the Hungarian Socialist Party , the renamed former ruling communist party . |
| 30 | Following his arrest Enrile was held in a Manila prison without bail pending a preliminary court hearing in early March , and troops were placed on alert throughout the capital to guard against the possibility of retaliatory action by Enrile 's supporters . |