Example sentences of "holding its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , on April 11 , the UN Council for Namibia , set up as an alternative to South Africa 's illegal rule , holding its first meeting on Namibian soil , voted to dissolve itself and to hand over its assets to the government . |
| 2 | The International Telecommunication Union is holding its first World Telecommunications Standardisation Conference in Helsinki March 1 to 12 : the conference succeeds what was formerly called the CCITT Plenary Assembly , and follows the ITU 's restructuring announced last year . |
| 3 | The New Oriental Gallery is located at 4 Davies Street and will be holding its first exhibition from 9 December . |
| 4 | Palazzo Grassi is holding its first exhibition devoted to a single artist , Leonardo da Vinci , ‘ Leonardo and Venice ’ ( until 5 July ) . |
| 5 | Miltoun House , Guisborough , the residential care home for adults recovering from mental illness , is holding its first jumble sale at Sunnyfield House today from 9.30am to 12.30pm . |
| 6 | A gradual process of returning the country to civilian rule has been undertaken ; in November 1986 the electorate approved by referendum a Constitution establishing a one-party system , the Central African Democratic Assembly ( Rassemblement démocratique centrafricain — RDC ) holding its inaugural congress in February 1987 . |
| 7 | Usenix is hosting the third annual Unix Security Symposium September 14–16 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore , Maryland along with the Computer Emergency Response Team : Usenix is be holding its annual Winter 1993 Technical Conference at the San Diego Town & Country Hotel in California January 25–29 . |
| 8 | • Harrogate District YFC , N Yorks , will be holding its annual barbecue tomorrow ( Sat , July 27 ) at Rudding House Farm |
| 9 | BRITISH Steel Shotton will be holding its annual fete and sports day at the works sports ground next Saturday , June 19 ( 1pm ) . |
| 10 | , Aware is holding its annual Daisy Day from September to and is appealing for volunteers to help sell Michaelmas Daisy and viola plants in aid of the organisation . |
| 11 | But the dates to be noted by the narrow gauge enthusiasts are June 20 and 21 when the Bala Lake is holding its annual summer gala at Llanuwchllyn . |
| 12 | THE Delamere Community Centre is holding its annual meeting at 7.30pm today . |
| 13 | The Institute of Water and Environmental Management will be holding its annual conference concurrently . |
| 14 | Bertrams Books , Usborne and Yale University Press have donated £380 to enable a British bookseller to visit the International Congress of Young Booksellers , which is holding its annual conference in Rust , Austria , from 23rd to 29th May . |
| 15 | The call came yesterday from Peter Seaman , the new president of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents , which this week has been holding its annual conference in Llandudno . |
| 16 | THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE Warwickshire Railway will be holding its annual Diesel Gala on the weekend of October 3–4 . |
| 17 | Now in its third year , the Society of Landscape Painters will be holding its annual exhibition this month . |
| 18 | A high dry-stone wall enclosed the land round it for some four or five acres , and inside this enclosure were more trees , oak and fir and beech above the massed colours of rhododendrons in flower , with one big horse-chestnut in full bloom holding its creamy candelabra out across the wall . |
| 19 | Claret Technologies , a division of Claretian Publications , is holding its second Desktop Publishing Seminar in Quezon City , Philippines , 1–31 August ‘ 92 . |
| 20 | Liberty 's is holding its nineteenth Arts and Crafts exhibition in its celebrated London shop from 15 May to 6 June . |
| 21 | So I had crudely skinned the dead creature , and was holding its armoured hide above me , before the shower began in earnest . |
| 22 | Then , heaving with its legs and holding its tiny wings backwards to keep the egg in position , the young hatchling jerks the egg over the side of the nest . |
| 23 | The English Tourist Board 's holding its own investigation into why an organisation charged with the apparently simple task of luring tourists to one of the most attractive parts of the country , came so unstuck . |
| 24 | In paper based systems information was ‘ clumpy ’ , each department holding its own files , and exchanging comparatively little information with other bodies . |
| 25 | Seen outside the ‘ homely ’ Bull & Gate pub — just a few doors down from the Town & Country Club where your beloved NME is currently holding its superlative week of talent flaunting — a small sad notice fluttering in the wake of the jostling NICK CAVE-bound hordes , announcing : ‘ HURRAH , onstage tonight at 10.30pm . |