Example sentences of "be held [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was finally fixed in place and glazed just in time for a christening and the first flower festival to be held for a while . |
| 2 | This tensing should be held for a count of five , then released , and repeated several times . |
| 3 | Initially , in-depth personal interviews will be held with a sample of senior marketing executives from a wide range of industries . |
| 4 | It is a matter for the coroner to decide whether the inquest should be held with a jury : section 19(3) ( d ) of the Act of 1988 might suggest that a jury is appropriate in this case . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) The projection can be held across a strip of behavior that is less long than a grammatical sentence … |
| 6 | The computer could be used to rescale the image pixel values so that the lowest value in the image ( 25 ) was interpolated onto the lowest value that the display system could accommodate ( 0 ) while the highest value in the raw image ( 90 ) was mapped to the maximum value that could be held at a pixel point in the image memory bank ( 255 ) . |
| 7 | Thus the output voltage will be held at a voltage equal to that at pin 3 . |
| 8 | Not a single Tory seat in the country would be held at a by-election on such a swing , according to John Curtice , of Strathclyde University ; not even Christchurch , which would go Liberal Democrat on a swing of 20% . |
| 9 | Courses operating in this way tend to be held on a system of day release or modules which include actual shifts in wards or departments . |
| 10 | The initial examination of the requirement was based on the categories derived in the earlier analysis , which produced some tentative conclusions about the type of records that could be held on a computer , and the potential advantages that could be gained . |
| 11 | The Poll Tax Register will be held on a computer and each person will only be able to see their own entry . |
| 12 | ( 7 ) The members of a licensing board for an islands area or licensing division of an islands area shall be elected at a meeting of the council of the islands area to be held on a date between May 16 , 1977 and June 30 , 1977 to be determined by the council , and , in the case of subsequent elections of those members : ( a ) except in so far as paragraph ( b ) below otherwise provides , at the first meeting of the council held after each subsequent ordinary election of the council ; and ( b ) where a determination under subsection ( 3 ) above is made ( whether or not at such meeting of the council as is mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above ) , either : ( i ) at the meeting at which the determination is made ; or ( ii ) at the first meeting of the council held after such meeting as is mentioned in sub-paragraph ( i ) above . |
| 13 | For example , if Linford Christie were a man of such deep religious beliefs that he would not compete on a Sunday and subsequently found out that a qualifying round of the 100m was to be held on a Sunday , he would have to think long and hard before deciding to run the 400m . |
| 14 | He nevertheless ended the year ranked ninth in the world , with 17.43 metres , and can prepare for the Olympics safe in the knowledge that his event wo n't be held on a Sunday in Barcelona . |
| 15 | Details of the summer bonanza meeting , on a par with most of the top venues in the United Kingdom , were outlined at a House of Sport Press Conference today where it was revealed that for the first time the meeting will be held on a Saturday night ( 6pm start ) . |
| 16 | Coleby said : ‘ The course has been approved by police and the race will probably be held on a Wednesday evening in August . ’ |
| 17 | Fourth , it stipulated that once Saddam Hussein had been overthrown " direct and free " elections would be held to a constituent council , which would in turn draw up a new constitution . |
| 18 | As an alternative to the last submission it was argued that the money was paid to and received by the revenue under an implied agreement that it would be held as a deposit against tax that might be held to have been due at the dates of payment and that it would be repaid if and when it turned out that no tax was due . |
| 19 | A contingency reserve of £14,000 would be held as a topping-up fund , to be deployed as necessary as the project developed . |
| 20 | As late as the 1760s an influential theorist could still argue that an ambassador who , on his own initiative , encouraged sedition within the state to which he was accredited , could be punished by it even with death , while if he had acted on the orders of his master he could be held as a hostage until the latter had given satisfaction . |
| 21 | In addition to money held for this ‘ transactions ’ purpose some additional money will be held for ‘ precautionary ’ reasons and perhaps also some will be held as a form of saving or as an ‘ asset ’ . |
| 22 | This will require the development of CAL material in study skills and the purchase of CAL programs in subject areas which will be held as a library resource . |
| 23 | In the next century it came to be held as a statute and was regarded as a locus classicus defining at least one boundary between clerical and lay jurisdictions . |
| 24 | TALKS are to be held between a cricket club and a rugby club over the future of a top sporting venue . |
| 25 | Under the reform , elections would be held under a system of proportional representation , with officials re-electable for four-year periods but unable to occupy several positions at the various levels of local and regional government at the same time . |
| 26 | The remaining 70 per cent would be held in a state ownership fund for foreign investors . |
| 27 | Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana . |
| 28 | No doubt new items are being choreographed already for 1986 reunion , which will be held in a school , so the acoustics should be a great improvement on Crystal Palace and the atmosphere much cosier . |
| 29 | The Ball , on May 1st , will be held in a marquee adjacent to Petersfield Rugby Club at Penns Place . |
| 30 | The dinner will be held in a marquee in Friary Gardens , Richmond , with guests dressed in Victorian costume . |