Example sentences of "held [pron] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Across the warm , sun-filled expanse of wilderness their eyes met with an impact that held them both motionless . |
| 2 | In 1891 the Methodists held their second Oecumenical Conference in Washington . |
| 3 | European environmentalist parties held their fifth international congress on April 7-9 , 1989 , in Paris . |
| 4 | It was not until 1881 that the world 's Methodists held their first Oecumenical Conference in London 's City Road Chapel : the suggestion had come from America . |
| 5 | On April 27th-29th , the two countries held their first almost-official talks , in Singapore . |
| 6 | The Mediterranean non aligned states held their first regional conference in Malta in 1984 ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 7 | — DEERNESS Valley Pool League held their first annual presentation night at Esh Winning Football Club and reported a successful season by the six teams taking part . |
| 8 | Japanese and Russian officials in charge of diplomatic and defence policies held their first bilateral policy planning meeting on June 14-15 at the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow . |
| 9 | This was set up on 10 February in Dresden when delegates from Russia and Germany held their first joint session to discuss the restitution of art treasures missing since World War II . |
| 10 | Celebrating colour : 70 years after the Scottish Colourists held their first joint exhibition in London , paintings by Peploe , Hunter , Cadell and Fergusson are being shown at the MacRobert Gallery , Stirling University , writes Allen Wright . |
| 11 | Later , Scotland United held their first public rally and attracted an estimated 3,000 people to George Square in the centre of Glasgow . |
| 12 | On Nov. 12 Taiwan and Japan held their first open Cabinet-level meeting since Japan restored relations with China in 1972 . |
| 13 | Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu , EC Commission President Jacques Delors and Ruud Lubbers , the Netherlands Prime Minister who held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the second half of 1991 , held their first formal EC-Japanese summit in The Hague on July 18 immediately after the London G-7 summit [ see pp. 38321-22 ] . |
| 14 | Foreign Ministers from the six member states of the Association of South East Asian Nations ( ASEAN — comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 25th annual meeting in Manila , Philippines , on July 21-22 [ for 24th annual meeting see pp. 38345-46 ] . |
| 15 | LEICESTER brewers Hoskins held their annual general meeting last month and reported a £167,000 loss for the year to March . |
| 16 | Newcastle held their annual general meeting last night behind closed doors . |
| 17 | Liphook Ladies held their annual White Elephant Foursomes Stableford last week . |
| 18 | Ministers representing the 24-country Organization for Economic Co-Operation held their annual ministerial meeting under the chairmanship of the Netherlands Finance Minister Wim Kok in Paris on June 4-5 . |
| 19 | THE Tyrone County Committee of the Young Farmers ' Clubs of Ulster held their annual soil-assessment competition at the farm of Noel Hemphill , a member of Drumquin YFC . |
| 20 | Heads of government of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) Western industrialized countries held their 17th annual economic summit in London on July 15-17 [ for 1990 summit see p. 37629 ] . |
| 21 | Finance Ministers and central bank officials from 46 member countries of the Islamic Development Bank ( IDB ) held their 17th annual meeting in the Iranian capital , Tehran , on Nov. 10-11 [ for last meeting see p. 39031 ] . |
| 22 | Foreign Ministers of the six member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN , comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 24th annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , on July 19-20 [ see p. 37613 for 23rd annual meeting held in Jakarta in July 1990 ] . |
| 23 | Whenever the volcanos held their fusty ashen breath , the white sun cruelly baked the lava plains , from which polishing thermal winds whipped dust away towards the east , always eastward , to the Death Drifts , a shallow sea without liquid . |
| 24 | Foreign Ministers of the six member countries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations ( ASEAN , comprising Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand ) held their 23rd annual meeting in Jakarta , Indonesia , on July 24-25 . |
| 25 | Delegates representing the member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) held their 35th general conference in Vienna on Sept. 16-21 . |
| 26 | Even then the provisions under the Act were fairly limited : the penal laws were not repealed , but Protestant Dissenters were merely given immunity from prosecution if they held their own religious services , provided their meeting-houses were licensed and the doors were left open when they met . |
| 27 | They held their own diocesan synods , ordained clergy , confirmed children and heard certain cases in their courts . |
| 28 | The heads of government of the seven major Western industrialized countries ( the Group of Seven or G-7 ) held their 16th annual summit in Houston , United States , on July 9-11 . |
| 29 | THE St Vincent de Paul Society held its annual general meeting in Newcastle upon Tyne in September . |
| 30 | LAST Sunday BSAD Northern held its annual Senior Athletics championships at Monkton Stadium , Jarrow . |