Example sentences of "hold at the end " in BNC.

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1 And of all fighters Hotspur could remember holding at the end of his own sword , this was the bonniest .
2 Nationalists organized in " Citizens ' Committees " attempted to pre-empt the Estonian Supreme Soviet elections by holding at the end of February and in early March privately organized elections to a rival " Congress of Estonia " , intended as a revival of the parliament of the independent pre-war republic .
3 In elections held at the end of 1971 , the UPP won only one seat , Kapwepwe 's own .
4 It was a view supported later by the fading away of Green support to between 3 and 5 per cent in polls held at the end of the year .
5 The audition was held at the end of an afternoon and Burton discovered that he was not alone : a very young actress , Claire Bloom , was auditioning for another of the minor roles .
6 At the Party Conference held at the end of April the Bolsheviks officially repudiated even the most heavily qualified support for the Provisional Government and adopted Lenin 's programme which was disseminated in crisp , clear , and hard-hitting language .
7 If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified .
8 LASMO Canada 's shareholders have approved a change in the company 's name at a meeting held at the end of October .
9 The quiz was held at the end of the meeting .
10 Figure 4.1(a) shows the assets held at the end of 1986 by firms conducting general insurance business .
11 Isabel 's gaze skittered nervously past them to the two men-at-arms , now held at the end of a very businesslike sword attached to the hand of the young man she had seen with Guy at the church .
12 President Omar Bongo announced on March 9 , after a meeting of the central committee of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party ( PDG ) , that a national conference would be held at the end of March to discuss democracy and to draft the statutes of a new party , the Gabonese Social Democratic Rally ( RSDG ) .
13 Pending elections to be held at the end of a 30-month transitional period , a five-member Presidential Council would hold office .
14 After Indira Gandhi 's assassination in 1984 , Rajiv was swiftly sworn in as her successor [ see p. 33220 ] and led Congress ( I ) to a massive victory in a general election held at the end of the year [ see pp. 33464-66 ] .
15 The first meeting between the Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and of Central American states was held at the end of January in San Pedro Sula , Honduras .
16 At an extraordinary conference held at the end of March , and after 1/2 years of divisions , the pro-government San-Martín wing of the Peronist General Confederation of Labour ( CGT ) reunited with the radical Azopardo wing .
17 The Fourth Lateran Council , held at the end of his reign , imposed a triennial twentieth for the same purpose .
18 Once the Knights had made their challenges ready for the tourney held at the end of the show and the demonstrations of dancing , archery and squire practice had started I wandered off outside the arena to demonstrate spinning with a drop spindle .
19 An official opening was held at the end of May attended by 150 leading Architects , Interior Designers and Specifiers , including Roger McDowall , Computer Design Manager from Elderslie , responsible fot the design of many Swedish orders .
20 A meeting on sports and recreational studies was held at the end of 1977 , at a time when there was no formal CNAA organization to consider courses in this area .
21 The leaflet was launched at an event for employers held at the end of June 1993 .
22 More and more members of the American foreign service were coming to question the belief , strongly held at the end of the war , that the USSR was more likely to be caught up in rivalry with the British than with the United States .
23 The decision follows strong local objections at a public inquiry held at the end of 1991 .
24 A special commission which would have been held at the end of the month has had to be brought forward because of Mr McTear 's deteriorating condition .
25 A second fund-raising day was held at the end of July in the form of a continuous ‘ teach — in ’ .
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