Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oumarou Aman , Cameroon : released from labour camp in January 1991 after being held for more than six years without charge or trial . |
| 2 | Once major strategies have been set , they are likely to be held for some time . |
| 3 | All that unpopularity in the country or in the Commons manages to achieve is a revolt by a handful of predictable Tory rebels , a few careful speeches about the need to present policy better , and a vague anxiety about the results of an election not due to be held for years . |
| 4 | These elections were the first to be held for offices above the lowest administrative level since China became a republic in 1911 and the fist nationwide elections for People 's Congresses since the outset of the Cultural Revolution . |
| 5 | 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 . |