Example sentences of "were hold [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 58th British Services International Alpine Ski Championships were held for the second year running in Megève . |
| 2 | Popular elections for the executive President , who serves for a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms , were held for the first time in December 1990 . |
| 3 | Following political reforms in May 1990 which abolished the leading role of the MPRP , multiparty elections were held for the first time in July 1990 , to the Little and Great Hurals , and to local Hurals in the 18 provinces and three municipalities [ see pp. 37609-10 ; p. 37656 ] . |
| 4 | Continuing a process of democratization which began with the election of all 950 members for the Tirupati plenum by the party 's rank and file , elections were held for the first time in more than 20 years for party posts including the 10 elective posts in the party 's most senior decision-making body , the Congress working committee ( CWC ) . |
| 5 | There she wept for her sins and her tears washed away the blood ; The form in which this sermon harnesses the pressure of fear as well as the promise of comfort , provides a recognisable cultural context for the form of Margery Kempe 's initial vision of salvation and witnesses to the high esteem in which tears as a sign of spiritual grace were held in the fifteenth century . |