Example sentences of "[adv] [be] held [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He next bestowed on his favourites all those offices that had hitherto been held by the Woodvilles , thus weakening their position and strengthening his own . |
| 2 | The strong showing by the FN in the Lyon by-elections followed a surge in support for the extreme right at a municipal election on Jan. 20 and 27 in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois , where the mayoralty had hitherto been held by the Communist Party ( PCF ) . |
| 3 | It had long been held as a general axiom — quite incorrectly , as Catalonian experience showed — that entail caused a régime of short , unstable leases and once again stood at the head of the estorbos , the impediments to progress . |
| 4 | Physics has long been held as the most successful of the sciences . |
| 5 | In this case your details will only be held on the confidential Register . |
| 6 | Foreign language examinations will ONLY be held in the Spring . ) |
| 7 | The legal title to freehold or leasehold premises can only be held by a maximum of four persons . |
| 8 | The residual plutonium is apparently being held in the form of highly radioactive waste . |
| 9 | The lenders , whose objects were left in embarrassing limbo when the show made museum history and went bankrupt a month early , may have asked themselves whether they would have been prepared to lend had it not been held at the V&A , and , in fact , it was the V&A which was left with the unbudgeted task of getting the exhibits back to the owners . |
| 10 | The indoor events had generally been held in the village hall but this had to be booked in advance , so the sudden change involved trying to push upwards of 500 dripping wet people into Greenside Church , a building designed for 300 . |
| 11 | A meeting has already been held with the Government 's new Environment Minister , David Maclean . |
| 12 | She was told by the Chief Constable of the district ( who was accompanied by the Inspector who became the respondent in the appeal ) that a meeting could not be held on the spot , but could be held some 175 yards distant , around the corner . |
| 13 | The Council agreed that the company should not be held to the requirement to construct the line from the ‘ Robin Hood' ’ down Elmers End Road to the Beckenham boundary , unless Beckenham U.D.C. constructed a continuation to Elmers End Station . |
| 14 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 15 | She would not be held by a man ever again . |
| 16 | An engagement party is traditionally held by the future bridegroom 's parents , but there is no reason why one should not be held by the bride 's family , or by both families in their own home or elsewhere , particularly if the two families live in different areas . |
| 17 | If the records are stored on a 25-track cylinder , Table 6.4 indicates that 0.14 per cent of records will overflow from the cylinder , i.e. will not be held in a 250-record bucket . |
| 18 | The cash generated will not be held in a central pool but in individual accounts for each club . |
| 19 | As regards his personal injuries there is no warning that the firework can not be held in the hand . |
| 20 | Mr Horn works for Derbyshire County Council , for whom a spokeswoman said the hearing had not taken place and would not be held in the future . |
| 21 | Minor errors , such as dates or times or places will not be held against the journalist if the gist of the allegation is justified . |
| 22 | Of all of the appointments which might easily be held by a resident freeholder , none was more attractive to many gentlemen than the post of collector of supply . |
| 23 | If course is not being held in a hotel , phone Mel at Portman Travel who will recommend accommodation nearby . |
| 24 | Do not imagine , however , that lectures will always be held in the order shown in the syllabus or even that they will cover every aspect of it . |
| 25 | But he never explains how such a belief about bones could possibly be held by a dog since it has such obvious linguistic implications particularly as grounds for possession of the human concept . |
| 26 | Nearly 500 people arrested after the rebel attacks were still being held at the time of the AI visit . |
| 27 | Three other men arrested later are still being held under the PTA at central London police stations . |
| 28 | He cited 2,700 FIS supporters dismissed from their jobs since June and said that FIS political prisoners were still being held in a number of towns . |
| 29 | Although the user thinks that they are deleting the material they are only really removing them from the current display list — all the text and graphics are still being held in the file . |
| 30 | Toon had been quoted in July as saying that he had found no evidence to substantiate claims that US POWs were still being held in the former Soviet Union [ see p. 39031 ] . |