Example sentences of "held in the [noun prp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The conference would be held in the USA under the auspices of the UN , which had been mediating in the Cyprus conflict since Turkey invaded and occupied 37 per cent of the island in 1974 [ see pp. 26661-66 ; 26709-10 ] .
2 The fifth summit meeting was held in the Maldives on Nov. 21-23 of the seven-nation South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) [ see p. 36485 for fourth summit held in Pakistan in December 1988 ] .
3 A conference of representatives from 15 small island states in the Caribbean , the Mediterranean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans , was held in the Maldives in mid-January 1990 to discuss some of the problems facing small countries .
4 The fifth summit meeting of the SAARC was held in the Maldives in November 1990 [ see p. 37856-57 ] .
5 Two weeks earlier , on March 15 , Mehrdad Kowkabi , an Iranian student held in the UK for 15 months , had been deported after a court dropped charges of arson against him , and Iranian officials had been quoted as saying that the government might respond to this " positive step " by releasing Cooper .
6 Sample the many delights of the Japan Festival 1991 — the greatest arts festival ever held in the UK with more than 350 events in over 200 locations nationwide .
7 This cosmetic and perfumery trade exhibition will be held in The Netherlands on 24–26 August 1992 .
8 Panic announced on Oct. 21 that a general election would be held in the FRY on Dec. 13 .
9 In 1882 one of the debates held in the YMCA in Portree was entitled ‘ Are the visits of tourists as a whole beneficial to the Highlands ? ’
10 In due course the International Committee completed its arrangements , and the Congress of Europe was held in The Hague in May 1948 .
11 The first ( you may have ) is the Declaration of the European Coastal Conservation Conference held in the Hague in November 1991 .
12 You are cordially invited to attend the fourth British Gas Annual General Meeting which will be held in the Arena at the national Exhibition Centre ( NEC ) , Birmingham on Thursday 9 August 1990 .
13 The final report of the Consultation on Global Communication and Justice , held in the Philippines in January , has been published by Intermedia of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA .
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