Example sentences of "[coord] held [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Access to records One of the guardian 's most important functions is to investigate the case and he is given a right of access to social work records compiled or held by the local authority and the NSPCC ( s42 ) . |
| 2 | British scientists at a conference last week , organised by the Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine and held at the Royal Marsden Hospital , London , described neural computers able to diagnose a host of medical conditions — from heart problems to eye defects — with up to 98 per cent accuracy . |
| 3 | This was the party which left one man dead and one on a life support machine — an all night rave billed as Dance Planet and held at the Humming Bird club in Birmingham . |
| 4 | Unless the glider is going to be launched without delay , it should be turned out of wind and held with the into-wind wing down until it is needed . |
| 5 | The B ♭ in the bass must be tied over and held throughout the following bar in our transcription if it is to convey faithfully the composer 's intention . |
| 6 | She had crossed it once before , but she knew it would be much more risky today , because the recent heavy rains would have made the surface gluey , and if she slipped or made a false step she might find herself caught and held in the treacly morass of the marsh . |