Example sentences of "be hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Moroccan authorities are holding onto the body and that 's angered Private Morrison 's Abingdon based family . |
| 2 | Erm operating profit therefore down eleven percent , that 's er the ongoing businesses plus of course the impact of the erm er the sale of er Elsevere are holding in the first erm up to ten weeks of ninety one . |
| 3 | The party reacted with unnecessary embarrassment and defensiveness to government attacks on general talks it has been holding with the Greens , and its desire , as part of its traditional Ostpolitik , to press on with contacts with the Communist party in East Berlin despite the sudden surge of open opposition to the government by East German citizens . |
| 4 | ‘ Present from Alan behind the bar , ’ said Sarah , drawing out the glass she had been holding behind the frilly apron the waitresses at the Right and Wrong had to wear . |
| 5 | Food and medicine reached the eastern town of Zepa , but there was still no aid distribution in Sarajevo , despite a unilateral , nationwide cease-fire called by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , which appeared to be holding around the capital , although fighting was reported elsewhere in the country . |
| 6 | The ceasefire agreement nevertheless appeared to be holding in the corridors , at least up to the final week of February , and there had still been no reports of any serious breaches of the Rome agreement . |
| 7 | Vietnam and China held talks in Beijing on Oct. 12-17 aimed at settling outstanding border and territorial disputes , the first such talks to be held since the normalization of relations in November 1991 . |
| 8 | That they should be held outside the US was for reasons which follow . |
| 9 | A reception will be held for the runners and their supporters at the English Wine Centre . |
| 10 | A few days later , on 4th April , Hall announced in the House of Commons that the War Department would move to Downing Street , and that an international competition would be held for the designs for concentrating government departments in the Downing Street area . |
| 11 | Auditions are also to be held for the brass ensemble , the junior brass ensembles and the baroque orchestra courses . |
| 12 | Fresh Art , the only fair to show the work of British graduates and post-graduates , will be held for the second time at the Business Design Centre , Upper Street , Islington , London N1 from 17 July to 1 August . |
| 13 | On 19 March the Assembly started a series of debates on a motion to reject Sunningdale and the constitutional arrangements which led up to the conference , and there built up a demand from Loyalists that new elections should be held for the Assembly . |
| 14 | According to the Commission on Elections ( Comelec ) , the transitional provisions of the 1987 Constitution meant that elections would also be held for the 200-seat House of Representatives , as well as for provincial , municipal and district posts , with all forms of national and local government to be replaced on June 30 . |
| 15 | However , deputies ordered elections to be held for the Supreme Soviet in March 1994 , a year early . |
| 16 | Under s665(2) , a settlement shall not be deemed to be revocable by reason only : ( a ) that it contains a provision under which any income or assets will or may become payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor , or the wife or husband of the settlor , on the bankruptcy of the settlor 's child or in the event of an assignment of or charge on that income or those assets being executed by the settlor 's child ; or ( b ) that it provides for the determination of the settlement by the act or on the default of any person in such a manner that the determination will not , during the lifetime of the settlor 's child , benefit the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor ; or ( c ) in the case of a settlement to which section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925 applies , that it directs income to be held for the benefit of the settlor 's child on protective trusts , unless the trust period is a period less than the life of the child or the settlement specifies some event on the happening of which the child would , if the income were payable during the trust period to him absolutely during that period , be deprived of the right to receive all or part of the income . |
| 17 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year . |
| 18 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of music in a competition to be held for the first time . |
| 19 | THE Grampian Piers Race , for dinghies , multi-hulls , windsurfers and water-skiers , will be held for the first time on Saturday , 7 August . |
| 20 | Discussions will be held with the TUC to see if there should be a threshold of union membership after which recognition by employers would be automatic . |
| 21 | Delicate negotiations must be held with the North Koreans . |
| 22 | Today at 3pm at the Mary Peters Track the national children 's fun run for youngsters under-16 will be held with the aim to raise cash for the Ulster Sports Trust . |
| 23 | Lithuania 's Supreme Council ( parliament ) on June 29 voted to suspend for 100 days its March 11 declaration of independence in order for negotiations to be held with the Soviet authorities on Lithuania 's future status . |
| 24 | But Chief Executive Ralph Murray has promised that no hasty decision will be taken and that full consultation will be held with the carers before any action is taken . |
| 25 | A raffle will also be held during the evening , which is organised around a Japanese theme , with the first prize a return trip for two to Nagasaki . |
| 26 | MDC noted that a Younger Chemists ' reception would be held during the 1992 annual congress and that Ciba-Geigy had agreed to provide sponsorship . |
| 27 | ERC discussed the plans for the external relations/Women Chemists joint symposium , A question of food , to be held during the annual congress in Manchester . |
| 28 | Admission is just £1 and raffles will be held during the events . |
| 29 | These will be held during the course of the show at the International Centre for Wildlife Art in Gloucester . |
| 30 | A series of lectures organized by the National Arts Collections Fund focusing on creating and preserving collections and will be held during the fair ; it marks the first time that the NACF has initiated a project at a trade fair . |