Example sentences of "[prep] [be] hold [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 It is likely that many follow-up meetings will need to be held after the initial announcement is made to communicate progress and to deal with employee problems as they occur .
2 It was also the first to be held since the redecoration of the Tuileries had restored the palace to its former splendour ; this it had lost not only because it had been ransacked by the mob in 1848 , but also because it had become shabby during the reign of Louis-Philippe .
3 Municipal elections , the first to be held since the country gained its independence 180 years before , were held on May 26 .
4 The plenum was the first to be held since the party 's seventh congress in June [ see pp. 38271-72 ] .
5 The terms of reference for the inspection should be decided and defined at meetings to be held before the inspection takes place .
6 Trials to prove the feasability of the project have had to be held and the Government Inspector 's approval obtained .
7 But the Collector had no time to worry about the locomotion of corpses ; this doorway had to be held until the defenders on the other side of the staircase had made good their retreat .
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