Example sentences of "have been hold up [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard said , still sounding no more than irritated , and a trifle superior , like someone who has been held up on his way home by a street brawl . |
| 2 | The government decided in 1973 to promote nuclear power , but the idea has been held up by unresolved questions concerning the environment . |
| 3 | All the members of the EC except Britain and Denmark have voted to ratify the treaty ( although in Germany the president 's signature has been held up by challenges in the constitutional court ) . |
| 4 | While it is true that no major course development has been held up by administrative constraints , the range of decisions with administrative effects ( deadlines , counting rules , etc. , as well as the information base about approved fields ) imposes a permanent culture of change on the administration of the Course . |
| 5 | The renewal of the annual licence has been held up by the Department of Technical Services ‘ Electrical Engineer and the Fire Brigade . |
| 6 | Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United . |
| 7 | Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United . |
| 8 | But today they contacted their colleagues in Oxford to say they 'd been held up by blizzards . |
| 9 | They often came into conflict with the local Transport Committees , formed from the local branches of the main transport unions , who correctly maintained that they alone had the right to issue permits for the movement of essential items which would otherwise have been held up in the dispute . |
| 10 | Safeguards for the Spanish steel industry were incorporated in an additional protocol , the talks having been held up over Spain 's concern that cheap steel exports from the three countries would disrupt its domestic industry . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was reported that the final signing had been held up over successive objections raised by Taylor , and that he eventually signed only under pressure from Capt. Blaise Compaore , the head of state of Burkina , a country which , according to some reports , had previously been an important source of arms supplies to Taylor 's faction . |
| 13 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 14 | Negotiations had been held up during 1989 by a series of disputes [ see p. 37573 ] , and in May 1990 Malaysia had cancelled plans to buy for £400,000,000 ( nearly US$700 million ) 12 Tornado jet fighters from British Aerospace . |
| 15 | In return the Americans this month unblocked $5m in military aid that had been held up after last year 's arrests . |
| 16 | Over two thousand telegrams , mainly concerning the supply of the Famine areas , had been held up inside Siberia . |
| 17 | They had n't arrived yet , because they had been held up in the traffic , but they would be along in time for an early lunch . |
| 18 | The measure had been approved by the lower chamber on Dec. 1 , but had been held up in the upper house where the LDP lacked an overall majority . |
| 19 | The price of oil was tumbling again , one of his most reliable brokers on Wall Street had just been arrested for insider dealing , the acquisition of a highly prestigious London hotel had been held up by a query as to who actually owned it and , back home , one of his sisters had just committed suicide , causing a tremor of scandal throughout the country . |
| 20 | The adoption of land reform had been held up by the opposition of recalcitrant landlords . |
| 21 | A service accord had been held up by developing countries , who feared that liberalization would allow Western financial companies to cripple newly established indigenous financial service industries . |
| 22 | The initialling of the agreement , reached in principle in October 1991 [ see pp. 38541-42 ] , had been held up by legal objections raised in December [ see p. 38691 ] by the EC 's European Court of Justice ( ECJ ) . |
| 23 | It is understood that the deal had been held up by the Bank of England which had been seeking some form of ‘ comfort ’ from Bank of Edinburgh 's largest minority shareholder , Scottish Amicable , with 39.2 per cent , effectively asking it to stand behind depositors and take a more active role . |
| 24 | K. I 've been held up at Paddington , John . |
| 25 | Acts such as those involving homosexuality or abortion would , only a few years ago , have been held up as examples of ‘ hardcore ’ deviance . |
| 26 | A petrol station assistant and her friend have been held up at knifepoint . |
| 27 | The implementation of an appraisal scheme , and pilot studies to develop the details , have been held up by the drawn out teachers ' dispute . |
| 28 | ‘ The importers just rang to say their shipments have been held up in Delhi . |
| 29 | ‘ And saying , ’ said Wendy , ‘ that he 's been held up at a confinement when he 's forgotten all about somebody . ’ |