Example sentences of "[noun] held by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spare was originally part of the national stock held by the three electricity boards before privatisation and came to Scottish Nuclear during dispersal of that stock in 1990 . |
| 2 | There was a special problem in the fact that castles held by the Lusignan family and particularly by the Counts of Angoulême could at times hinder land communications between the Duke 's three administrative capitals , the old Roman and episcopal cities of Poitiers , Saintes and Bordeaux . |
| 3 | Such life or death issues are fundamental to our society , and the cases discussed in Chapter Six challenged long-established prerogatives held by the medical profession and by parents and families . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's all right , Shirley , ’ Jenna managed quietly , her eyes held by the dark gaze . |
| 5 | The enormous main door of the house stood open , its metal-lined bulk held by the largest safety-chain he had ever seen . |
| 6 | The total outflow of some $60 billion was financed by increases in the reserves held by the central banks of the industrial countries . |
| 7 | However , I feel that the ‘ caring professions ’ have a lot to answer for in terms of the attitude held by the general public . |
| 8 | Differences in reward between occupations result from the scarce skill held by the occupational group . |
| 9 | Her eyes drank in the cameo of the small child held by the tall man . |
| 10 | ( So firm is the grip held by the revived quantity theory of money nowadays that few of the monetarists or new classical macroeconomists who followed in Friedman 's footsteps bothered to elucidate the mechanism by which changes in M s ( or in ) affect W and P. They just do . ) |
| 11 | At least two ‘ campaigns ’ are now up-and-running offering to fill the place held by the demised Vulcan Association ( VA ) . |
| 12 | A conference held by the two parties discussed the general election which was due in mid-1992 and called for an " independent , national body " to oversee it . |
| 13 | There are cushions like the World Food Programme and the stocks held by the major grain producers , but emergencies and poor harvests could run them down very quickly . |
| 14 | Mrs. Maria Fyfe ( Glasgow , Maryhill ) : When this legislation was presented to the Chamber some weeks ago , I inquired of the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last attempted to board a bus whilst trying to fold a pushchair , with an infant in one arm and a toddler held by the other hand . |
| 15 | For determining the value and predicting the service potential of resources held by the governmental unit . |
| 16 | Among the targets were positions held by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ) , the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) and the Fatah Revolutionary Council . |
| 17 | Soon after midnight on 7 May the Viet Minh overran the last French positions held by the Foreign Legion and Algerian colonial infantry . |
| 18 | If the unemployment register held by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is to be believed , there are fewer than 100 out of work . |
| 19 | At a rally held by the Sacred Union on July 30 , attended by 80,000 people , Tshisekedi said that the opposition would call for the resignation of the government , the dissolution of parliament and of the ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution , the dismissal of Mobutu and the installation of a transitional government . |
| 20 | The samples were obtained from controls , from electoral rolls in Strasbourg , Lille and Toulouse and from the lists of General Practitioners held by the Central Services Agency in Belfast . |
| 21 | Yugoslavia had been effectively without a President or a commander of the armed forces ( a role held by the Collective Presidency ) for several days as the term of his predecessor , Borisav Jovic ( a Serb ) , had expired on May 15 . |
| 22 | Up to now someone , such as a group company secretary or a separate nominee company , has had to hold a share or shares in the subsidiary , normally under a declaration of trust , plus a transfer form held by the holding company , with the transferee section left blank . |
| 23 | Studies in several areas of Britain have indicated that ideas about the meaning and definition of health held by the general population are complex ( Blaxter 1983 ; pill and Stott 1982 , 1985 ; Williams 1983 , 1990 ) . |
| 24 | Table 4.2 shows the distribution of liquid assets held by the personal sector and the year-by-year increases in those holdings for the period 1980–87 . |
| 25 | the setting of prices and returns on assets held by the private sector especially when the debtor has market power . |
| 26 | Instead , they would have to rely on the insurance cover held by the nuclear industry , backed by a special government fund . |
| 27 | After a whole series of adventures and a long walk they managed to get to Tozeur , a desert outpost held by the Free French . |
| 28 | M1 includes notes and coins held by the public plus all sterling sight deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks . |
| 29 | M2 includes notes and coins , plus non-interest-bearing sterling sight deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks plus interest-bearing deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks and building societies for transactions purposes . |
| 30 | M2 includes notes and coins , plus non-interest-bearing sterling sight deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks plus interest-bearing deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks and building societies for transactions purposes . |