Example sentences of "[be] hold for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will be the first exhibition devoted to this aspect of Canaletto 's work to be held for thirty years , and lenders will include H.M.The Queen , the National Gallery , the National Trust and many private and public collections . |
| 2 | They must be held for five to ten years , ’ she says . |
| 3 | Before the end of the 28 days any member or auditor may serve notice on the company requiring a meeting to be held for that purpose . |
| 4 | ‘ As a small library authority covering a very large geographical area , I would arrange for formal internal training programmes to be held for all staff ’ … |
| 5 | Re-election shall be held for all Los Angeles Board of Education members |
| 6 | ‘ Personal data shall be held for one or more specified and lawful purposes ’ . |
| 7 | For the Phase 2 Pilot Programme a joint validation event will be held for such consortium developments . |
| 8 | Tickets reserved by phone will be held for four days or where applicable , until one hour before the performance . |
| 9 | The detail in a close-up can often be assimilated in a flash , and most need only be held for two or three seconds unless the subject happens to be a ‘ talking head ’ , in which case the sound governs the editing rather than the picture . |
| 10 | If a referendum in a union republic failed to endorse secession , a new referendum on secession could not be held for 10 years . |
| 11 | It would clearly be impracticable for all of a party 's members to foregather from every corner of a region to select and rank its list candidates , so it is sometimes suggested that American style primaries should be held for this purpose . |
| 12 | It was unthinkable that John could be dead , but it had been unthinkable that he would be held for this long and it had happened . |
| 13 | The MPLA-PT insisted that it could not formally recognize UNITA until the Constitution had been revised , and that elections could not be held for several years until a census and electoral rolls had been drawn up . |
| 14 | After Easter the hours are extended as follows : Tickets reserved by phone will be held for three days or where applicable , until one hour before the performance . |
| 15 | As time goes on , if the horse stance is repeated daily , you will discover that the position can be held for longer and longer as your legs become stronger . |
| 16 | Once major strategies have been set , they are likely to be held for some time . |
| 17 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 18 | No brief can be held for any solution that would put France and Western democracy influence out of Indo-China or leave natives believe US indifferent . |
| 19 | It is not yet clear how many of the almost 80 other prisoners freed at the same time were held for political reasons . |
| 20 | At the same time elections were held for 37 of the 46 seats in the Ständerat ( upper house ) in 20 of the 26 cantons and half-cantons . |
| 21 | Also on March 22 the first round of cantonal elections were held for 2,025 general councillors ( including 79 overseas ) , with a second round on March 29 [ for last cantonal elections in 1985 see p. 36705 ] . |
| 22 | A variety of courses was evaluated ; some were held for one evening a week for a term ; others were one-week full time ; some were award-bearing , others were not . |
| 23 | The hostages , who were held for 444 days following the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in September 1979 , were released within minutes of Reagan being sworn in as President on Jan. 21 , 1981 . |
| 24 | The two men were held for several hours by more than 100 students who occupied the Ministry of Education in protest at the non-payments of grants and university registration procedures . |
| 25 | A Metropolitan Police study conducted during a three-month period in 1979 found that 0.4 per cent of detainees were held for seventy-two hours or more . |
| 26 | Regional competitions were held for most indoor sports like billiards , snooker and darts ; many deaf institutes had their soccer teams with the B.D.D.A. 's annual Healey Cup being keenly fought for . |
| 27 | K. Doraiswamy , executive director of the Indian Oil Corporation , was freed on Aug. 20 after being held for 55 days by the Ikhwan-ul-Muslameen group . |
| 28 | A WOMAN escaped unharmed with her 11-month-old son yesterday after being held for 45 minutes by a knife-wielding kidnapper . |
| 29 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 30 | And in the unlikely event that the level of the FT-SE 100 Index should actually fall during that period , we guarantee to return the original amount of your investment provided the Bond is held for 5 years . |