Example sentences of "have been hold [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government decided in 1973 to promote nuclear power , but the idea has been held up by unresolved questions concerning the environment . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The renewal of the annual licence has been held up by the Department of Technical Services ‘ Electrical Engineer and the Fire Brigade . |
| 5 | Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United . |
| 6 | Football , and after six wins in seven games Swindon Town 's promotion charge has been held up by struggling Southend United . |
| 7 | Export factoring has been held back by gaps in the companies ' international networks . |
| 8 | Development of the sizeable potential market in the countries of the former Soviet Union for translations of western academic and serious general books , which exists despite the growing universality of the English language , has been held back by lack of hard currency . |
| 9 | Business has been held back by a combination of recession and tough environmental laws but the drive is on to recover lost sales volume . |
| 10 | A wreath of artificial poppies has been held down by a brick . |
| 11 | But today they contacted their colleagues in Oxford to say they 'd been held up by blizzards . |
| 12 | Greeks found these attitudes hard to understand ; accustomed to connect one-man rule with harsh policing , they imagined that the Persian Empire must have been held down by a system of institutionalized controls — garrisons and garrison-commanders — and touring royal armies and officials , King 's Eyes and King 's Ears , and so on ( Xen . |
| 13 | And the overall engineering figures seemed to have been held back by a ten per cent drop in the fourth quarter , pulling it down to the overall UK trend for the year of minus five per cent . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The adoption of land reform had been held up by the opposition of recalcitrant landlords . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There were Iris and Michael , both just over 70 , whose marriage had been held back by his being a divorced Irish Catholic . |
| 20 | He had briefly considered going out fighting anyway , but had been held back by the thought that he should deal with those immediately responsible for his predicament . |
| 21 | ‘ We were confident we had the quality to beat our rivals but we had been held back by the exchange rates , ’ said , sales manager plastic compounds . |
| 22 | The solicitor who gave those undertakings was not made a party to the proceedings , although if he had been held out by his firm as a partner , s14 of the Partnership Act would have fixed him with potential liability . |
| 23 | The implementation of an appraisal scheme , and pilot studies to develop the details , have been held up by the drawn out teachers ' dispute . |