Example sentences of "a [noun] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture was taken at a function held in the Bridge House , Tullamore , on Friday 12th February 1993 . |
| 2 | In a referendum held at the same time as the elections , 78 per cent of voters supported a new Constitution which provided for a directly elected President to appoint a Prime Minister who would in turn appoint a Cabinet , with all appointments requiring parliamentary approval . |
| 3 | However , Macedonia 's internal divisions were highlighted by a referendum held by the ethnic Albanian minority in Macedonia on Jan. 11-12 , in which 99.9 per cent voted for territorial and political autonomy . |
| 4 | In a referendum held by the Amsterdam City Council on March 25 , a total of 53 per cent of those voting approved a proposal to ban cars and vans from the city centre . |
| 5 | Brown had fallen miserably in love ( so he said ) with a girl named Betty Fowler , whom he 'd met one Friday evening at a hop held in the Oxford Town Hall , and already on their second meeting they had vowed a mutual , eternal love . |
| 6 | On June 14 the UDF television station screened a videotape of a demonstration held outside the National Assembly building on Dec. 14 , 1989 , in which President Petar Mladenov could be heard saying : " The best thing to do is to bring the tanks in . " |
| 7 | The award was presented by TV newsreader John Humphrys at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane . |
| 8 | At midnight on Oct. 2-3 the FRG flag was raised at a ceremony held outside the Reichstag ( the former German parliament ) in Berlin . |
| 9 | at a ceremony held in the Passenger Reception Hall in the Western Harbour on 21st November . |
| 10 | NIGEL MANSELL walked off with four awards at a lunch held by the British Racing Drivers ' Club yesterday . |
| 11 | I met him at a dance held in the Airmen 's Mess ( so romantic ! ) , when I 'd only been at Binbrook three weeks . |
| 12 | The highlight of a carnival held in the State of Virginia was a show modestly titled the G-String Revue . |
| 13 | At a meeting held at the local headquarters of the WSPU , " Mr Buckner , a prominent official in the STA , who spoke to the question from the men 's point of view , was subjected to a very severe heckling . " |
| 14 | The findings of a recent mission to Japan to study developments in neural computing and parallel processing were reported at a meeting held at the Café Royal on the 4th December . |
| 15 | LASMO Canada 's shareholders have approved a change in the company 's name at a meeting held at the end of October . |
| 16 | In October 1944 , Lord Knollys , the BOAC chairman , told a meeting held in the Ministry of Aircraft production that the Brabazon Type 3 would be the airline 's ‘ bread and butter ’ aircraft for Empire routes , carrying twenty-five sleepers or forty to forty-five day passengers . |
| 17 | Minutes of a meeting held in the Glasgow Polytechnic on Wednesday 4 November 1992 at 5.15 pm . |
| 18 | Even the Fabian Society Executive made a similar decision , though at a meeting held in the middle of the summer and therefore poorly attended . |
| 19 | In November last year , at a conference held by the G M B we highlighted the priorities needed to deal with these regulations . |
| 20 | ABJECTION , Melancholia and Love is , with three additions , the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Warwick in 1957 on the works of Julia Kristeva . |
| 21 | The first meeting of the committee received a resolution from a conference held under the auspices of the society and the Canning Town branch of the guild which rejoiced in the wider powers given under the act , and urged the council to ‘ take steps to exercise any , or all of the powers given , and especially that steps be taken as soon as possible to establish a creche or day nursery in the southern part of the borough ’ ( Maternity and Child Welfare Committee Minutes 20 November 18 ) . |
| 22 | Eventually at a conference held on the frontier between Gisors and Trie on 6 December 1183 Philip agreed to let Henry keep the Norman Vexin on condition that he paid Margaret an annual pension of 2700 livres and on the understanding that he granted it to whichever of his sons married Alice . |
| 23 | A conference held by the two parties discussed the general election which was due in mid-1992 and called for an " independent , national body " to oversee it . |
| 24 | At a rally held by the Sacred Union on July 30 , attended by 80,000 people , Tshisekedi said that the opposition would call for the resignation of the government , the dissolution of parliament and of the ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution , the dismissal of Mobutu and the installation of a transitional government . |
| 25 | Though he was questioned from time to time about radical plots and was even for a while held in the Tower , his claim to be moved now by conscience and not by political faction seems to have been accepted . |
| 26 | Social events included a Ball held in the Management Centre in November , a Sports Fun Day in May and events organised by individual departments to welcome back former staff and students . |
| 27 | Mrs. Maria Fyfe ( Glasgow , Maryhill ) : When this legislation was presented to the Chamber some weeks ago , I inquired of the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last attempted to board a bus whilst trying to fold a pushchair , with an infant in one arm and a toddler held by the other hand . |
| 28 | King Harald , who succeeded to the throne on his father 's death in Jan. 17 , 1991 , and was sworn in on Jan. 21 [ see p. 37967 ] , was blessed in a service held at the Nidaros cathedral in Trondheim on June 23 . |
| 29 | Yugoslavia had been effectively without a President or a commander of the armed forces ( a role held by the Collective Presidency ) for several days as the term of his predecessor , Borisav Jovic ( a Serb ) , had expired on May 15 . |
| 30 | At a symposium held at the Warburg Insitute in March to demonstrate the capabilities of the computerised census to a distinguished array of international scholars there was much enthusiasm , but there were reservations . |