Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] hold a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal College of Nursing is applying to the Court of Appeal for a judicial review of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley 's decision to hold a private inquiry into the case . |
| 2 | Roman 's interruption held a note of such ferocious anger that in any other circumstances it would have stopped her in her tracks . |
| 3 | Guy 's gaze held a glitter of grim amusement at last . |
| 4 | The party 's political bureau voted on July 12 in favour of Rabin 's proposal to hold a leadership contest before the end of the month , but on July 22 the party 's central committee voted by 54 per cent to 46 per cent against this attempt to force a contest . |
| 5 | Fashion Show : The Darlington Machine Knitter 's Guild holds a fashion show on May 20 at 7.30pm in Neasham village hall . |
| 6 | Most observers believed that the Soviet Union 's reluctance to hold a Warsaw Treaty summit was connected with domestic anxieties about the instability of the Baltic states [ see pp. 37944-45 . |
| 7 | Thus , one of the arts of banking is to balance the potential cash requirements of depositors with the bank 's desire to hold a spectrum of profit-earning assets , some of which may be relatively illiquid . |
| 8 | Although many of them feel cheated by the government 's refusal to hold a referendum over Maastricht , that is not the defining issue . |
| 9 | A grouping of Szekler people had intended to use the occasion of the commemoration of the 1848 Szekler People 's Assembly to hold a referendum on Oct. 19 in Harghita and Covasna on their autonomy . |
| 10 | The final round of talks between the government and political leaders , aimed at reaching a consensus on electoral reform , ended on Aug. 24 with a joint statement underlining the government 's commitment to hold a general election " before the end of the year " and to formulate a draft law on " the division of electoral constituencies … in consultation with all parties " . |
| 11 | Solh also announced his government 's commitment to hold a general election in " the summer of 1992 " . |
| 12 | Dorothy 's voice held a distinct Welsh singsong , but years in London had worn away any trace of it from Isobel 's speech . |
| 13 | Rourke 's voice held a note of derision . |
| 14 | Adam 's voice held a sharp note of concern and she looked up at him through dazed eyes , almost surprised to see him still standing there . |
| 15 | Her godmother 's voice held a hint of amusement . |
| 16 | A dusty sentinel 's box held a bedouin guard who saluted us as we drove into the parking area . |
| 17 | Opened up , it contains only a rapid sketch of the artist 's hand holding a supplicatory top hat , above the characteristic signature . |
| 18 | Malc 's Mom held a small reception for us , doing the catering herself ( potted meat sandwiches with the crusts cut off ) and paid for a four-day honeymoon in Blackpool , where the landlady would sell us contraceptives — I was n't showing , and pride forced us to put on an act — but said we were too young to smoke and refused us cigarettes . |
| 19 | The LA has the power to revoke , suspend , curtail or prematurely terminate a licence if the holder has ( a ) broken any conditions attaching to his licence , or ( b ) been convicted of any offences which are of the type relevant to determination of the applicant 's fitness to hold a licence in the first place , or ( c ) been made bankrupt or gone into liquidation . |
| 20 | After Clarke was sentenced , Jonathan 's family held a press conference , begging others to stay away from drugs . |