Example sentences of "was held [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first race was from Paris to Lyons in 1900 and it remained an open road race until 1903 when it was held over the Athy circuit in Ireland . |
| 2 | As he was held between the conflicting pressures of wind and water , so he was caught between the desire to reach Mariana and offer her comfort and the need to husband his remaining strength — but he knew that the husbanding of his strength was paramount if they were to survive . |
| 3 | A summit meeting was held between the Croatian and Slovenian Presidents , Franjo Tudjman and Milan Kucan , at Brdo north of Ljubljana , the Slovenian capital , on Oct. 13 . |
| 4 | In February 1990 a meeting was held between the then Prime Minister Miklós Németh , the then acting President Matyás Szürös and opposition party representatives , to discuss the period up to the March-April multiparty parliamentary elections , [ for which see pp. 37325 ; 37380 ] . |
| 5 | On Feb. 21 the first meeting was held between the new government and the trade unions , but Podkrepa refused to attend the meeting with Dimitrov and other Cabinet members because the CITUB 's chair , Krustyu Petkov , was also invited . |
| 6 | It was held under the previous law that a police officer could be the ‘ other ’ person . |
| 7 | Although the term might seem naturally to denote prior arrangement , it was held under the previous law that the word is ‘ not a term of art ’ and that a person can organise spontaneously by giving directions on the spot as to such matters as the route to ken , when to stop and when to advance and so forth . |
| 8 | The 1954 election was held under the same franchise as before ( giving the vote to about half the adult population ) but this time the whole country was divided into 104 single-member constituencies . |
| 9 | The event was held at the new National Indoor Arena in central Birmingham — a magnificent auditorium that 's set to become one of Britain 's premier indoor venues . |
| 10 | At the beginning of May a workshop was held at the International Tennis Centre in Key Biscayne , for what were called ‘ minority junior players ’ . |
| 11 | A vigil was held at the General Post Office in O'Connell Street , Dublin , to coincide with the funeral , which follows the death yesterday of another victim of the Warrington blast , schoolboy Tim Parry ( 12 ) . |
| 12 | An inquest was held at the Five Bells in January 1905 into an accident at Hailing Manor works when William Chalker was crushed in some machinery while working with John Burgess . |
| 13 | After the church service , a reception was held at the Lesser Town Hall , Airdrie after which the one week honeymoon was spent touring Scotland . |
| 14 | A well-attended symposium on Global atmospheric chemical change , organised jointly by the Environment Group and the Industrial Division , was held at the Scientific Societies ' Lecture Theatre , London , last November . |
| 15 | The first of the BCRS winter meetings was held at the Public Hall , Bishop 's Castle , on Friday , 6 October 1989 . |
| 16 | In Georgia , where the referendum was held at the same time as elections for local councils , voters were asked : " Do you agree that the state independence of Georgia should be restored on the basis of the independence act of May 26 , 1918 ? " |
| 17 | Just over a year later , in January 1936 , a special dedication service was held at the little church at East Anstey when the Bishop of Exeter unveiled a memorial to Albert Tarr . |
| 18 | The meeting was held at the old Town Hall , and twelve directors of the House were elected . |
| 19 | The exhibition was held at the Royal Academy with winning schemes from , and a group of 12 Russian students from Bashkirsky Dom , Ufa , Russia Prize money and travelling expenses for these winners was donated by Chartham Papers . |
| 20 | A one day conference on Community Enterprise in Higher Education was held at the Royal British Hotel , Edinburgh on November 18th 1992 . |
| 21 | The BBC Good Food team was joined by Derek Andrews from the Meat and Livestock Commission , and the tasting was held at the Commercial Gas Centre in London . |
| 22 | Many police went on strike in protest and on April 25 a mass funeral was held for the six . |
| 23 | A small lunchtime party was held for the entire staff , at which commemorative mementos were distributed . |
| 24 | A general election under proportional representation was held for the first time on Feb. 15 , 1989 , the UNP winning a comfortable 25-seat majority [ see pp. 36467-68 ] . |
| 25 | The event was held for the first time at the new Purdysburn Hospital Equestrian Centre outside Belfast . |
| 26 | 1839 Henley Regatta was held for the first time . |
| 27 | At 31 March 1991 , Harland Simon held 50% of the equity share capital of Perfect Information but did not treat this as an associated undertaking because the investment was held for the short term and was disposed of in August 1991 . |
| 28 | On the Friday evening , a fancy-dress banquet was held for the high ranking guests who had attended the Tournament . |
| 29 | I am s one that has just been recently appointed to one of these er regional ecumenical teams and at a meeting that was held for the three presbytery areas in the sort of west coast of Scotland , around the Greenoch area , erm it was , it became apparent that all these people who are being appointed er through their , their churches are in the main clergy and the convenor of the local committee himself a ruling elder of the Church of Scotland expressed concern about this , that there is no real er and I would just put it to the , to the assembly , there is there is no need for these members to be members of the clergy , in fact it would be good if presbyteries remembered when making a nomination eh that it , er it need n't be , it could be a , a an elder or indeed er a lay person holding no particular office within the church . |
| 30 | As the hand was held on the blazing ring , the stench of burning flesh was clearly noticeable in the hot air . |