Example sentences of "hold [adj] [noun] at the " in BNC.

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1 At the centre there are a handful who hold important roles at the Cliburn , and those who always have the calm look of those who have taken on difficult jobs and remain , despite myriad new crises , absolutely in control : Susan Tilley , chairman of the board of the Van Cliburn Foundation ; Mildred Fender , the social chairman for this year 's competition ; Richard Rodzinski , director of the foundation ; and John Giordano , chairman of the jury .
2 As well as selling her yarns and patterns , Nina will be holding special workshops at the Mill to cover ‘ Buttonholes ’ and ‘ Finishing Techniques for Knitwear ’ .
3 BSAD plans to hold another gala at the Dolphin Centre later this year .
4 Pat and her then lover , former taxi-driver Bill Nadin ( he was her first childhood sweetheart ) used to hold great parties at the ancient tavern .
5 Following the huge popularity of previous events , the fifth Mobility Roadshow will be held this year at the same venue on 21 to 23 June .
6 The machines ' official debut will be held this week at the International Oracle Conference in San Francisco , followed by a showing at Unix Expo in New York later this month .
7 THE annual meeting of Hampton and District Royal British Legion Club is being held this evening at the New Inn , Hampton , starting 8pm .
8 The events of the last part of his life remain obscure , but his will ( drawn up on 8 March 1482 , proved 1 April 1482 ) implies that he held some post at the court of Edward IV .
9 He was appointed to the first Nuffield chair in child health in the University of London in 1946 and held this post at the Hospital for Sick Children , Great Ormond Street .
10 Mr Walsh has led the Getty Museum since 1983 , before which time he held curatorial posts at the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , and at the Metropolitan in New York .
11 Held previous appointments at the Universities of Sheffield , Wales [ St David 's University College ] and Strathclyde .
12 He held various positions at the Ordnance Office between 1696 and 1708 .
13 By this year 's conference , held last month at the Abbey Hotel in Great Malvern , the ‘ exceptionally rapid and radical change ’ Mr Scott had predicted appeared to be all too close and getting closer .
14 THE Clacton Jacqueline Annis School of Dancing raised more than £3,000 at its charity show held last week at the Clacton County High School .
15 And he has made it clear that an all-German election should be held next year at the earliest , not as a quick substitute for the West German one in December .
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