Example sentences of "hold [prep] the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Trade Negotiations Committee ( TNC-the highest-level body involved in the Uruguay Round ) agreed on July 27 that the final ministerial meeting of the Uruguay Round should be held in the last weeks of 1990 , and accepted an invitation from the European Communities ( EC ) and Belgium that the meeting should be in Brussels , the Belgian capital . |
| 2 | A sufficient convergence of interest took place for the so-called Pentagon talks to be held in the last quarter of 1947 . |
| 3 | Other house sales held over the last month have included Sotheby 's auction on 6 October of English and Continental furniture , paintings and prints , European and Oriental ceramics and works of art , antiquities , silver , books , costumes and textiles , collectors ' items and household furnishings , from Sandon Hall , country seat of the Earls of Harrowby since 1776 . |
| 4 | The cost will be £2 plus 50p per event ( maximum of three ) to take part in a competition which will be held on the last day . |
| 5 | Hepworth Feast in south-west Yorkshire is held on the last Monday in June , but this does not comply with the general rule that the date of the village feast is dependent upon the date of its church 's dedication . |
| 6 | An annual Gala is held on the last Saturday in June . |
| 7 | These open nights will be held on the last Thursday of each month ( not December ) at 7.30pm in the church sanctuary , enter by Nithsdale Road . |
| 8 | Audience volunteers will be invited to perform about five minutes of new material and the most popular of these acts will be invited to appear in a special final to be held on the last Sunday of every month . |
| 9 | A vote is then held on the last Friday of the following month and members drop white balls or black balls in a box bearing the member 's name . |
| 10 | The spokesman said the report had been aimed at overshadowing the Qods Day protest , held on the last Friday of Ramadan since the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dedicated the day to anti-Israeli demonstrations in 1979 . |
| 11 | General von Laffert , the German commander on the spot , had ordered that both villages ‘ must be defended to the utmost and be held to the last man , even if the enemy cuts the connections on both sides and also threatens them from the rear . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Donald Dewar , Shadow Scottish Secretary , said Labour had fought an ‘ outstanding campaign ’ which would see it winning more than its present 48 of Scotland 's 72 seats at Westminster ; more , even , than the 50 it held at the last election . |
| 13 | On Saturday she was chosen as the candidate by members of the Euro-constituency which the party held at the last election in 1990 by just 2,977 votes . |