Example sentences of "hold in [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The knowledge which was held in trust by the Sechem was available to all . |
| 2 | The estate had been held in trust by the second brother . |
| 3 | They had been broken off in 1946 following the sinking of two British frigates off Corfu ; on Albania 's refusal to pay compensation , the UK refused to hand over Albanian gold ( currently estimated to be worth US$18,000,000 ) seized by the Nazis during the Second World War and held in trust by the UK ever since . |
| 4 | Despite being on a three-month priority list , 80 tonnes of newsprint and diesel are still being held in Split by the UN . |
| 5 | There were also rumours that Ford had now taken its stake up to the maximum 15 per cent allowed under the golden share held in Jaguar by the Government since its privatisation in 1984 . |
| 6 | After Cecil abandoned his ministerial career in 1927 there were moves towards a more campaigning stance , but these were held in check by the overriding need to retain the Union 's Conservative supporters and , with them , its non-partisan character . |
| 7 | And they were no longer held in check by the culturally conservative trade-union movement , which was experiencing a sharp decline in its prestige and power . |
| 8 | In this sense , one of the components of the personality is regarded as being inherently ‘ aggressive ’ , except that in life it is normally held in check by the mind . |
| 9 | Buid describe these feelings in terms of the soul rising up from the chest into the neck and issuing forth in bitter words or even violence if not held in check by the mind . |
| 10 | In the US , by contrast , the mixing of banking and securities related business has largely been held in check by the Glass-Steagall Act 1933 . |
| 11 | Aggressive tendencies on the part of young men are no longer held in check by the moderating influence of older males . |
| 12 | Rachel was silent , watching him steadily , held in check by the menace in his hard face , her heart beating very hard indeed . |
| 13 | Each stack includes a stationary element ( " stator " ) , held in position by the outer casing of the motor , and a rotating element . |
| 14 | Once there he held a much-publicised news conference during which he ridiculed American intelligence and claimed he had been held in captivity by the CIA . |
| 15 | And the Beau Nash Room might just as well have been their luxury coach : twenty-three of them only for the minute , with Eddie Stratton now being held in custody by the New York Police , distanced by only a few yards , as it happened , from the mortal remains of his former wife ; and with Sam and Vera Kronquist , one of the three married couples originally listed on the tour , still in their room on the second floor of the hotel — Sam watching a mid-morning cartoon on ITV , and Vera , fully dressed , lying back lazily against the pillows of their double bed , reading the previous February 's issue of Country Life . |
| 16 | Rival demonstrations were held in Simferopol by the Crimea Republican Movement ( RDK ) , calling for Crimean independence , and by the Crimean Tatar bodies — the Organization of Crimean Tatar National Movement and the Majlis — protesting against allegedly unrepresentative Crimean autonomy . |
| 17 | But the mistake that Holberg made was to allow himself to be held in thrall by the world of appearances . |
| 18 | Messengers from Barak Varr brought news that the western approaches to Karaz Eight Peaks were held in strength by the Red Fang Orcs led by Gorfang Rotgut . |
| 19 | It can be held in place by the battens . |
| 20 | Handkerchiefs held in place by the nose clips of sunglasses alleviated some of the worst effects but the speed of burning was staggering . |
| 21 | Plant cells typically contain a sac of water within the cytoplasm ( a vacuole ) which is held in place by the cellulose cell wall , and the whole water-filled cell provides an excellent building block . |
| 22 | Water in the pores of rock and soil in the unsaturated zone of the ground is held in place by the same forces of surface tension . |
| 23 | A grass collection box at the rear is easy to attach and empty : it simply locates on wedge-shaped protrusions under the flap , and is held in place by the flap , which fits into a recess on top of the box . |
| 24 | Atoms consist of a densely packed positively charged nucleus encircled by negatively charged electrons all held in place by the electrical attraction of opposite charges . |
| 25 | Time here was measured by the moon and by the sun ; the forest itself was held in suspension by the river , whose continuous flow sustained its endeavour . |