Example sentences of "hold a [noun] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Rainbow lives on the wrong side of the big white screen , and is a child of her time : she does n't just look before she leaps , but holds a seminar on the pros and cons . |
| 2 | Also , as you all know , the festive season is fast approaching and in Glasgow the Committee will be helping to sell raffle tickets to raise funds for a good cause , every year we hold a raffle on the day of the Christmas lunch and we are hoping that this year we will raise a substantial amount . |
| 3 | On the same day Donegal Vocational Educational Committee ( VEC ) discussed the issue and decided to consider holding a seminar on the issue . |
| 4 | The new government 's four priorities were ( i ) negotiating European Community ( EC ) membership ( the outgoing government having submitted an application on July 1 , 1991 — see p. 38353 ) with a view to holding a referendum on the issue by September 1994 ; ( ii ) breaking the pattern of economic stagnation and re-establishing the country 's reputation for growth and enterprise ; ( iii ) deregulating areas such as health and child care ; and ( iv ) establishing a long-term , sustainable policy on the environment . |
| 5 | Prior to its election in 1990 , however , the National Party had committed itself to holding a referendum on the issue . |
| 6 | Some youths in leather and day-glo socks were holding a meeting on the gloomy grass . |
| 7 | The United Kingdom Institute for Conservation will be holding a conference on the topic of wall paintings at the Unicorn Theatre , Abingdon , on 20 June . |
| 8 | The refugee studies programme at Oxford has announced it 'll be holding a symposium on the food crisis in March . |
| 9 | Go on any Earth Mysteries trip to an ancient site and it is highly likely that you will see at least one person walking holding wire rods or holding a weight on the end of a piece of string . |
| 10 | She not only bit , kicked , and knocked them down ; but she would also hold a child on the ground by wrapping her jaws around the child 's throat , or bite a child in the face . |
| 11 | If such an agreement had not been reached within 18 months , the government of Quebec would hold a referendum on the issue of independence . |
| 12 | She will also hold a reception on the Royal yacht Britannia . |
| 13 | If you pumped hard enough you could probably find some jackass willing to say he 'd be damned if he 'd ‘ let the niggers hold a barbecue on the White House lawn ’ . |
| 14 | THE Government was put under fresh pressure yesterday to hold a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 15 | The third summit , at Brdo kod Kranja in Slovenia on April 11 , produced an agreement to hold a referendum on the future structure of the country . |
| 16 | The plan was devised following the vote of the Philippine Senate in September to reject a renewal of the US lease , and Aquino 's threat , soon retracted , to hold a referendum on the issue [ see pp. 38441-38442 ] . |
| 17 | During his visit Yeltsin confirmed that he was intending to hold a referendum on the main clauses of the new Constitution and on the issue of private ownership , which the Congress of People 's Deputies ( the supreme legislature ) was blocking [ see also pp. 38875-76 ] . |
| 18 | The government of Quebec had refused to participate in further negotiations following the collapse of the Meech Lake Accord in 1990 [ see pp. 37519-20 ] , but was planning to hold a referendum on the issue of secession in October 1992 unless a satisfactory package of constitutional reforms had been agreed [ see pp. 38281-82 ] . |
| 19 | Although over the preceding 12 months a combination of a deep economic recession , conciliatory gestures from many of the English-speaking provinces , and the skilful diplomacy of Bourassa , had served to cool some of the enthusiasm for independence , the province was due to hold a referendum on the sovereignty issue on Oct. 26 , and Mulroney had made it clear that he was keen to have reached some form of inter-provincial agreement prior to the vote . |
| 20 | It was agreed to hold a vote on the bus this Sunday , as there were people who would normally be attending and also . |
| 21 | However , while the Architecture-Neutral Format is unlikely to appear on the market this year , Goldstein says that the Foundation plans to hold a conference on the technology at the end of the year , to find out which companies are interested in bringing the stuff to market and how it can be best introduced to an industry audience already blinded by science . |
| 22 | MacDonald declared that he would at once see the King and advise him to hold a conference on the following morning attended by Baldwin , Samuel and himself . |
| 23 | Mr Whitelaw would pass on to Mrs Thatcher the proposals for phrases and the presentational priorities , suggesting to her that she might wish to hold a meeting on the subject . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) On receipt of a complaint under this section , the licensing board shall decide whether or not to hold a hearing on the issue and shall inform the complainer of the board 's decision in the matter . |
| 25 | The Clapham I.L.P. , H. N. Brailsford reported , held a discussion on the pros and cons of taking office , in which ‘ every single speech was against ’ . |
| 26 | Their voices and laughter then filled the shearers ' quarters as the two raft parties held a post-mortem on the trip while they ate . |
| 27 | On Dec. 1 Ukraine held a referendum on the independence of the republic , in parallel with republican presidential elections . |
| 28 | Deborah Sherwin , prosecuting , said a large group of young men and women held a party on the course between Lakeside and Grange Road , Darlington . |
| 29 | And the Parish Council was thereupon alerted to this fact and held a meeting on the seventeenth of July nineteen ninety two , the relevant part of the minute of which reads as follows . |
| 30 | In 1976 , for example , the Combined Studies ( Science ) Board held a conference on the problems of designing , validating and operating combined studies courses in science ( with addresses and seminar discussions on such topics as modular degree schemes , interdisciplinarity , project-orientated courses , course management and science , industry and the professions ) . |