Example sentences of "be hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing Anthea each day would be a constant reminder , and neither woman could deny that the masks of civility each had been holding up to the other for months were now trampled underfoot . |
| 2 | But he found that the job that awaited him there was several rungs lower than the job he had been holding down in the UK . |
| 3 | After the fourth session of the Hague peace conference on Sept. 26 , attended by the Foreign Ministers of all the republics , Lord Carrington said that the ceasefire seemed to be holding sufficiently for the conference to carry on and to accelerate its work . |
| 4 | The Cabinet reshuffle on Sept. 16 — the first since January 1989 — was widely seen as paving the way for the next election , expected to be held ahead of the constitutional deadline of June 1992 . |
| 5 | The child may initially need to be held briefly on the chair , but the parent can release hand pressure as soon as the child settles on the chair . |
| 6 | A Valentine Dance will be held tomorrow at the Hurworth Grange Community Centre . |
| 7 | A ROSE queen festival and June fair will be held tomorrow in the church hall and grounds of St Luke 's Church in Mill Lane , Wallasey . |
| 8 | A ROSE queen festival and June fair will be held tomorrow in the church hall and grounds of St Luke 's Church in Wallasey . |
| 9 | On June 21 the Polisario Front reacted strongly — with a threat of future resumption of hostilities — to an announcement by the Moroccan government that Morocco 's forthcoming local and general elections would be held also in the Western Sahara . |
| 10 | to be held up towards the moon on television |
| 11 | And you may also be held up on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury . |
| 12 | The professionals use clapper-boards for this , but sheets of paper with the numbers written in felt-tip pen can be held up to the camera , and they serve just as well . |
| 13 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 14 | CRUCIAL talks will be held today over the future of Monktonhall Colliery in Midlothian which is fighting for survival . |
| 15 | EMERGENCY talks will be held today over the future of Monktonhall Colliery as it struggles to fulfil its contracts while carrying £1.7 million in debts . |
| 16 | However , the trucks failed to appear and they learned that talks will be held today with the telecommunications consortium . |
| 17 | The context can be in terms of receipt and transmit logs and distribution lists which will be held separately from the actual message . |
| 18 | A column entitled ‘ Bulletin ’ informs her that Marilyn French will be discussing her new book , Beyond Power : Women , Men and Morals , at a public meeting to be held later in the week in London , and it crosses Robyn 's mind , not for the first time , that it is a pity she lives so far from the metropolis where such exciting events are always happening . |
| 19 | On May 2 Arpad Göncz was elected by 339 votes to 31 as its Speaker and thus as interim President of the Hungarian Republic , pending a decision by the Assembly on how presidential elections should be held later in the year . |
| 20 | The struggle between the hardliners and the newly resurgent reformists , once again apparently receiving the patronage of the country 's veteran statesman-leader Deng Xiaoping , was believed to be intensifying in the run-up to the 14th party congress due to be held later in the year . |
| 21 | A BT spokesman said further trials would be held later in the year before a final decision is made on making the system available nationally . |
| 22 | I 'll get Matron to handle them ’ — he looked up at her , and she nodded — ‘ and tell all press callers that a press conference will be held here in the board room at ten A.M. tomorrow . ’ |
| 23 | As soon as Ellie was seated , she began to rib her gently about her life in England , about how sorry she felt for her living in such a confusing place ; regaled her with insights on the local population , and the arrangements being made for the wedding , which was to be held here in the Hall . |
| 24 | A joint Directors of Planning meeting is to be held shortly on the Structure Plan Review and any issues arising will affect the timescale . |
| 25 | N may be too large for there to be room for that number of add instructions to be held economically in the store , or the value of N may not be known when the program is being prepared ( for example it might be read in as a piece of data ) . |
| 26 | The document states that Richard Walter Jenkins shall ‘ absolutely renounce and abandon the use of the surname of the parent and shall bear the surname of the adopter and shall be held out to the world and in all respects treated as if he were in fact the child of the adopter ’ . |
| 27 | A Change Review Meeting will be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |
| 28 | A Change Review Meeting will be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |
| 29 | A Change Review meeting should be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |
| 30 | A Change Review meeting should be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |