Example sentences of "held [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Held through the night , he wrote the following morning : ‘ I am treated like I was at home . |
| 2 | The mood is held through the variety of each variation played by no means as diversion but as an exploration of the theme 's essence ( which Beethoven would of course have admired ) . |
| 3 | I hope that I will have an opportunity to meet many students in the forthcoming series of meetings being held through the regional actuarial societies . |
| 4 | A relatively low balance of cash can be held as the day-to-day operations of a bank 's customers — cash deposits and withdrawals — create an offsetting phenomenon . |
| 5 | Physics has long been held as the most successful of the sciences . |
| 6 | The massive funeral was held as the family of UFF murder victim Peter Gallagher said its sad farewells in Toomebridge . |
| 7 | What can be deduced from a self-portrait is often controversial ; a critic is especially likely to read into a self-portrait some opinion held about the artist . |
| 8 | This is a post-classical text , and different views have been held about the extent to which it correctly represents classical law , or any stage of classical law . |
| 9 | Stein 's book may have influenced the initial formulation of Marx 's conception of the proletariat in capitalist society ( Avineri , 1972 , pp. 53–5 ) , but whether that is so or not it did undoubtedly express in a very clear and forceful way ideas which were widely held about the dominant political issues in nineteenth-century European societies ; to such an extent that the social movement came to be largely identified , especially in Germany , with the labour movement . |
| 10 | A public meeting is being held about the hospital 's application for NHS Trust status . |
| 11 | ‘ Hold on to the sledge rails here — keep a loose grip or your hands get tired — try not to keep your foot on the brake ( a miniature snow hook held off the snow by an elasticated octopus grip ) or your other leg will get tired — do n't shout too much at the dogs or they get confused — the occasional quiet word is helpful — on downhills brake gently if you need to so that the line stays tight . ' |
| 12 | Under the affordable-housing programme , houses valued at under $67,500 and apartment complexes are held off the open market for 90 days after a thrift is seized by the government . |
| 13 | He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . |
| 14 | Mountain Crash , stable-companion of Carl 's Choice , held off the Daily Telegraph Trophy holder , Fort Hall , with reasonable comfort in the Ladies ' and Richard Hunt gained more admirers when following up his Higham win by catching Manor Mieo on the line in the Intermediate . |
| 15 | It was by just such dazzling manoeuvres that the Emperor and held off the Russian , Prussian and Austrian armies in the spring of 1814 . |
| 16 | They swarmed like lice over the camp , and there was a battle being waged at the boat which men were trying to push out of the shallows whilst others held off the beasts . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The decline of the West Indian sugar economy , and the near-complete ability of the US cotton economy to supply its own black labour through the reproduction of its gender-balanced slave population , lessened the vested interest which might otherwise have held off the evangelical/humanitarian reformers rather longer . |
| 19 | Behind the scrum — where Ian Hunter will have to prove he is fully recovered after a spate of leg injuries — Rob Andrew , as suspected , has held off the late challenge of Ellwood , though coach Ian McGeechan will certainly want him to do more to compromise the enemy back row . |
| 20 | A public discussion was held between the groups , the designers explaining how the machines would work . |
| 21 | As he was held between the conflicting pressures of wind and water , so he was caught between the desire to reach Mariana and offer her comfort and the need to husband his remaining strength — but he knew that the husbanding of his strength was paramount if they were to survive . |
| 22 | Blake also took part in the joint planning meetings that were held between the CIA and MI6 during one of which , in December 1953 , the Berlin tunnel operation was approved . |
| 23 | There needs to be regular joint reviews held between the contractor and the school to find ways of improving the service offered to children . |
| 24 | After overwhelming 202:60 vote in the European Parliament for a ban on cosmetic testing involving animals , fresh negotiations will be held between the assembly and the EC Commission to seek a compromise . |
| 25 | I did the same with another strip around the right ankle and over the foot , so that it was held between the sole of the foot and the wooden backing of the old door . |
| 26 | Note the bowed head and lowered tail , held between the legs . |
| 27 | Frantic consultations were held between the few surviving princes , the Chief Priest of the Shrine of Asuryan and the Captain of the Phoenix Guard . |
| 28 | On 6 April the USA declared war on Germany and on the following 8 May a conference was held between the US Shipping Board , the US Steamship Owners and the US International Seamen 's Union which resulted in what became known as the " Atlantic Agreement " which laid down manning levels , wages and bonuses . |
| 29 | A condition of the setting up of the Executive was that tri-partite talks should be held between the Westminster and Dublin governments and those Northern Ireland parties which were prepared to take part in the Executive . |
| 30 | A meeting will be held between the company , the contractors , local businessmen and small entrepreneurs , to negotiate mechanisms for the supply and demand of goods and services . |