Example sentences of "[noun sg] is held [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it is the turn of the youngest members of the community to get into the picture , when a Bonny Baby Contest is held at the Youth Centre . |
| 2 | The instrument is held in the player 's right hand , and struck with his left . |
| 3 | It is not certain that a majority of the parliament will follow him when a free vote is held on the question of where Germany 's government should be . |
| 4 | The same ceremony is held for the birth of a boy or a girl . |
| 5 | ‘ It could be , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that the key is held at the missile base where the bombs were due to be delivered . ’ |
| 6 | A fast-acting starter switch is held inside the lamp cap and contact is made through two lamp pins . |
| 7 | Finally , to check the recovery from the stabilised spin , the glider is held in the spin for a full five turns if that is possible . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | In a modern economy , liquid wealth is held in the form of money — bank notes , and , more importantly , bank deposits . |
| 10 | ‘ NADIRPUR — YOUR WIFE AND CHILD IS HELD IN THE NAME OF ISLAM . |
| 11 | The suggestion was discussed in Chapter 2 that the manner in which a pen is held in the hand during writing may be used as an index of speech lateralisation . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | For the sit-ups either a dumb-bell or a weight disc is held to the chest , and the back is kept slightly rounded with the chin on the chest . |
| 14 | ( If there is a unique variable the drawing file is held at the master sub-assembly , otherwise the drawing file is held at the where used file ) . |
| 15 | The part drawing file is held in the master sub-assembly file . |
| 16 | In the example configuration file ( EXAMPLE.DAT ) this file is held in the process directory as HCLOCATE.FIL . |
| 17 | Every year an Irish festival is held in the park opposite our house . |
| 18 | For example , the following command will invoke the CLI command file whose name is held in the variable " fname$ " . |
| 19 | The nipple is held in the lid hole with a brass pin . |
| 20 | Like the Auxerre figure too , Cheramyes 's lays one arm ( the left ) across her breast , while the other is held at the side . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The arm of the same side as the leading leg is held to the front in a punch position . |
| 23 | Much of this information is held on the back of the chart , unlike the Admiralty who only use one side . |
| 24 | Queries of the type ‘ Are there ? ’ or ‘ How many ? ’ become simple if the information is held in the index . |
| 25 | A copy of this list is held in the Library ( file ref JS(1) ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The minimum investment through the service is £5,000 and until invested , the money is held in the company 's Corporation Loan Account which is currently paying interest of 5.25 per cent gross . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The Careers Convention is held in the evening and is informal . |
| 30 | 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 . |