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

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1 Elections were held for a number of other posts on Sept. 23-24 .
2 ‘ Swainmotes ’ or ‘ swanimotes ’ were held in a number of southern forests — in Melchet , Melksham and Pewsham , Gillingham , Bernwood and Waltham , and in Windsor forest in Berkshire and in Surrey .
3 It has been held in a number of cases that if a person claims to have a legitimate expectation , this will give that person standing to make an application for judicial review unless the claim is totally frivolous .
4 A multiple.length value is held in a number of consecutive store locations ; the left-most bit of all words but the first ( which holds the sign bit ) may either be used arithmetically or may be ignored .
5 It was held in a number of cases that the certificate required by this statute must state the judgment of the court : see Reg. v. Ackroyd ( 1843 ) 1 Car .
6 An inverted file , however , has to be held in a number of related indexes , and is thus far more ‘ bitty ’ .
7 A survey of science libraries in Scotland , for example , revealed that apart from British Standards , which are held in a number of locations , holdings of other standards in Scotland are minimal .
8 He cited 2,700 FIS supporters dismissed from their jobs since June and said that FIS political prisoners were still being held in a number of towns .
9 17 Throughout our work we were acutely aware of the differing opinions that are held on a number of issues that lie at the heart of the English curriculum and its teaching .
10 ANNIVERSARY celebrations have been held at a number of branches in recent weeks but the biggest birthday of them all — 160 years — was at Hawick .
11 Another function of the Committee is its responsibility for the overall supervision of the so-called " collections " of pools of biotechnology materials , which are held at a number of research stations , and which make genetic material available to research workers in other institutions .
12 Campaigns have been held across a number of universities asking this question to raise awareness about AIDS and HIV .
13 A belief held by a number of software designers is that if the software is properly designed then there should be no need for an emulator ; it should work first time .
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