Example sentences of "is held [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is held over the blocked plug hole and worked up and down several times to force water down the waste pipe . |
| 2 | The new " Ring " , however , still stages major races and a round the world sports car championship is held over the famous circuit to maintain the long association with one of motor racing 's most forbidding and famous circuits . |
| 3 | Seat belt ‘ lock off ’ guide ensures the seat belt is held at the correct position . |
| 4 | It also has a magnificent wine cellar , with around 3000 bottles , stored in cupboards which have the temperature controlled by computer to ensure that every variety is held at the correct level . |
| 5 | In many areas the Hearing is held on the first working day after the removal of the child . |
| 6 | If the overflow record is held on the same cylinder as the prime data there will be an average wait of half a revolution to refer to the overflow record . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | An annual Gala is held on the last Saturday in June . |
| 9 | If spouse , issue , and parents are all lacking , the property is held on the statutory trusts for brothers and sisters of the whole blood , or the children of deceased members of that class . |
| 10 | In the case of Classes , , and the property is held on the statutory trusts , as in the case of issue . |
| 11 | I turn now to the information that is held on the national computer about which the hon. Gentleman asked a number of questions . |
| 12 | The ATP molecule is held in the right place by the enzyme which is catalysing the reaction . |
| 13 | This chapter deals with the situation where the matrimonial home is held in the joint names of the husband and the wife , either as beneficial joint tenants or as tenants in common . |
| 14 | Whether the matrimonial home is held in the joint names of the husband and wife on trust for sale or is in the name of the husband alone , it is not unusual for the court to order that the house be retained but upon certain terms and conditions . |
| 15 | An open meeting of students and staff is held in the first two terms of each year ( usually in week 7 ) , principally for students to express views and opinions to the Dean and staff . |
| 16 | He is held in the highest esteem by all who know him . |
| 17 | The show is held in the Roman Catholic Junior School on the first Tuesday in August , a fixed date having been chosen so everyone always knows when they should aim to have their berries ready . |
| 18 | The Cowal Highland Gathering , celebrating its centenary this year , is held in the picturesque town of Dunoon on the bands of the Clyde . |
| 19 | Climbing steep snow in a series of zigzags as in ( Fig. 2b ) , the axe is held in the uphill hand and the rope goes on the downhill side direct to the next person on the rope . |
| 20 | Implicit information is held in the organisational memory ( for example , the description of office routine ) and is rarely recorded or preserved . |
| 21 | A piece of stone is held in the cupped palm of the hand and hewn with a special hammer ( ‘ camartelo ’ ) into the required shape . |
| 22 | ‘ But you know already that he is held within the Dark Ireland and that he is captive in a deep and subtle enchantment . |
| 23 | Legislative authority is held by the bicameral Congress , comprising a 27-member Senate and a 130-member Chamber of Deputies , both elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 24 | As with so many armorial terms the word ‘ quarterings ’ is not used in a conventional way and applied to a shield divided merely into four ; indeed there can be as many ‘ quarterings ’ as there are family affiliations — perhaps the record is held by the five-surnamed Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville family , whose full achievement of arms boasts 719 quarterings . |
| 25 | Under the 1980 Constitution legislative power is held by the unicameral National Assembly , comprising 65 members ( 53 elected for five years by universal adult suffrage , on the basis of proportional representation , and 12 regional representatives ) while executive power is held by the President . |
| 26 | Nominal political authority is held by the unicameral People 's Assembly whose 250 members are elected every four years from a single list of candidates , and which in turn elects the Presidium and the Council of Ministers . |
| 27 | Under the 1976 Constitution legislative authority is held by the unicameral National Assembly of People 's Power , whose 510 members are indirectly elected every five years , most recently in 1986 , by popularly elected local assemblies . |
| 28 | Under the 1976 Constitution , legislative authority is held by the unicameral National Assembly of People 's Power , whose 510 members are indirectly elected every five years , most recently in 1986 , by popularly elected local assemblies . |
| 29 | One copy of each policy is held by the Personal Manager of your Branch should you need to consult an actual policy rather than the wordings held in the Trove version . |
| 30 | In the first case , the conveyance should be prepared and executed in triplicate ( or there should be examined copies ) so that the original is held by the first mortgagee , the husband has a record of the indemnity and release given and the second mortgagee also has a record of the transfer . |