Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] held by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dedication ceremony was held by the squadron chaplain at the memorial on the snow-covered fellside . |
| 2 | The little girl was held by the back of her bent neck , and the lash of the crop swished down onto her cotton dress . |
| 3 | The Rt Hon Lord David Ennals will give the keynote speech at a major conference being held by the Law Society ; s Mental Health and Disability Committee on COMMUNITY CARE : A CHALLENGE TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION ? on Friday 20th November 1992 . |
| 4 | In Stein 's German action , the beak is held by the escapement lever while the pivot moves up with the key ( compare illus.12,13 ) . |
| 5 | The German left wing was held by the army of General von Heeringen . |
| 6 | A press conference was held by the Chairman , Chris Clark and senior management from JM Japan which resulted in a great deal of enthusiastic coverage in the Japanese and foreign press . |
| 7 | when for any other reason whatever a Consignment can not be delivered or when a Consignment is held by the Carrier ‘ to await order ’ or ‘ to be kept till called for ’ or upon any like instructions and such instructions are not given or the Consignment is not called for and removed , within a reasonable time , then transit shall be deemed to end . |
| 8 | A student who offered shopowners immunity from the activities of ragweek in return for donations to charity was held by the trial judge not to have used menaces . |
| 9 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 10 | This restraint was held by the court to be an indirect one and on the facts of the case it was found to be unreasoanble and therefore the plaintiff was not entitled to his pension . |
| 11 | In contrast to the plight of every Republican incumbent , both the House and Senate were held by the president 's party , and by big majorities at that . |
| 12 | Such a transfer will be appropriate whether the property was held by the husband and wife as beneficial joint tenants or as tenants in common : in the latter case , as the transfer to the husband and wife will not have contained a declaration to the effect that the survivor of them could give a good receipt for capital monies , a restriction will have automatically been entered on the register to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the registrar or of the court ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 ( SI No 801 ) ) . |
| 13 | If you pay through a travel agent , they 'll hold money on your behalf until a contract is created ( see above ) , after that the money is held by the travel agent on our behalf . |
| 14 | Anybody who can read the Latin is held by the poem : its hold , however , is in the language , the typical Horation speed — for want of a better word — the eloquent economy of phrase , the loading of the text with allusions and with metaphors overt and covert . |
| 15 | Any money paid by you to your travel agent in respect of the holiday is held by the travel agent on your behalf until the Booking Allocation is despatched . |
| 16 | The view that only ‘ outstanding management ’ could meet the problem was held by the Audit Commission ( 1987 ) . |
| 17 | The archive is held by the County Archive Office at Beverly and contains a wealth of information on the house 's contents including designs , drawings and receipts . |
| 18 | The list is typed ; a master copy is held by the store and another is sent on to you . |
| 19 | According to the 1959 Constitution executive power is held by the President , elected every five years , who appoints the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 21 | Executive power is held by the President , also directly elected for a five-year term , assisted by two elected Vice-Presidents and an appointed Cabinet . |
| 22 | Executive power is held by the President ( also directly elected for five years ) , assisted by a Vice-President and an appointed Cabinet . |
| 23 | Under the 1980 Constitution legislative power is held by the unicameral National Assembly , comprising 65 members ( 53 elected for five years by universal adult suffrage , on the basis of proportional representation , and 12 regional representatives ) while executive power is held by the President . |
| 24 | Executive power is held by the President who is popularly elected for a five-year term and who governs with the assistance of an appointed State Council led by a Prime Minister . |
| 25 | As a measure of the regard in which the family was held by the king , Archbishop Neile was able to secure a royal pardon for his son when Sir Paul was indicted for the manslaughter of a carman and other felonies in January 1636 . |