Example sentences of "[adv] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , some verbs seem to have no lexical content beyond one which is aimed at providing some kind of reservation about applicability of the adjectival property , examples being become and turn which place a temporal restriction on the adjective 's applicability ; the subordinate property only holds after the time indicated by the tense of the verb . |
| 2 | The highlight of the Junior School charities programme is the Summer Charities Fair held on the lawns in June . |
| 3 | The recent contemporary art fair held at the Pacifico Yokohama Exhibition Hall ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , pp. 17 and 19 ) attracted 58,533 visitors and was adjudged successful by its organisers although no sales figures were released . |
| 4 | In Athens ( hitherto held by the ND ) the pro-ND independent , former Pasok Cabinet minister Antonis Tritsis [ see p. 36042 ] , was elected mayor with 50.2 per cent of the vote , defeating the Pasok-Left Coalition candidate , and former Minister of Culture Melina Mercouri , who polled 46 per cent . |
| 5 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 6 | The group also organised more seminars last year , all held at the Chartered Institute of Transport , free to TSUG members , and covering a wide range of topics . |
| 7 | Even those assets whose supply is controlled by the authorities are not all held by the controlled institutions . |
| 8 | By the sixteenth century the initiative long held by the defender , surrendered in the late fourteenth century , had been largely regained . |
| 9 | The history of mathematics — long held by the Classical Greeks to have originated from Ancient Egypt — was swept under the academic carpet and lost . |
| 10 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 11 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 12 | At the same time , sociologists of education generally hold to the view that schools can have an important role in both conservation and social change . |
| 13 | Just hold onto the idea that certain operators will possess mathematical properties which make them perfectly suited to the role of representing physical observables . |
| 14 | The winner was Barry Fullerton of Ballymena Scott Rooftiles , who with Harold Brennan ( CB Hire/Kings Moss CC ) just held off the big bunch by 28 two seconds . |
| 15 | Well they were just just held in the barns too . |
| 16 | So tight that children were securely fastened to their parents , some with leather baby reins that had become too small , others were in prams , trolleys or just held by the firm grip of an adult hand . |
| 17 | The Halifax says that about 20% of the money deposited in Tessas was new money — the remaining 80% was transferred from other accounts already held with the society . |
| 18 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 19 | It examines court divorce records and data on divorce already held by the Registrar General for Scotland . |
| 20 | the shares , together with any shares already held by the person acquiring them carry not less than 75% of the votes ; and |
| 21 | would , together with any shares already held by the person or persons by or on whose behalf the advertisement is being issued , carry not less than that percentage of those voting rights . ’ |
| 22 | The shares concerned must consist of or include shares carrying 75 per cent or more of the voting rights attributable to share capital which are exercisable in all circumstances at any general meeting of the company or , when added to the shares already held by the offeror , carry not less than 75 per cent . |
| 23 | It was not thickly populated or well defended , but it was much larger than the islands the English already held in the Caribbean , so it provided land for English emigrants for some years . |
| 24 | The meetings are normally held in the Council Chamber at Moorgate Place on the first Wednesday of every month ( except September ) . |
| 25 | To keep Mr Nakayama , Mr Kaifu bought off the Abe faction by surrendering one of the two cabinet posts normally held by the small Komoto faction to which he himself belongs . |
| 26 | Lordships in the heart of Plantagenet Aquitaine , as well as in the Agenais and the Gers , were thus held by the short-lived countess of Armagnac until her death in 1325 . |
| 27 | Informal briefings and seminars are generally held over the lunch-time period , which is only flexible for scientific and administrative staff . |
| 28 | It is this sort of person who is always allowed the best seat on coaches , is given cigarettes , whose suggestions concerning strategies in conflict situations are always most heeded , and who is generally held in the highest esteem . |
| 29 | Although mineral rights are generally held by the surface landowner , they may have been retained by a previous landowner when the surface freehold was sold , particularly in areas with a long history of mining such as South-west England . |
| 30 | They should be consistent — that is , generally held throughout the organization . |