Example sentences of "holding a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this time the Common ( or official ) Seal showed Glasgow Cathedral in the background and a robed female figure holding a cornucopia in the foreground with the motto ‘ amicus certus in re incerta ’ - a quotation from the poet Ennius — was adopted . |
| 2 | The arbitrage arguments used in Chapter 4 were based on the idea that , by holding a portfolio of the shares in the index with the same weights as the index , the price of this portfolio must converge at delivery to that of the index future . |
| 3 | On the same day Donegal Vocational Educational Committee ( VEC ) discussed the issue and decided to consider holding a seminar on the issue . |
| 4 | The situation where one French machinegun section found itself holding a hole in the front two hundred yards wide with its two machine guns for several days in complete detachment from the rest of the army , was by no means unique . |
| 5 | A French lieutenant holding a bunker in the village noted that under the bombardment ‘ this vast block , 30 metres square , oscillated , at times actually rising up , like a ship ’ Yet still the suicide machine-gun nests stayed behind in the pulverised debris and mowed down the German assault waves . |
| 6 | She also featured in a carving on a ‘ bull pitcher ’ made from the horn of the bull run in 1799 , which shows her wearing a crown and holding a flag with the words , ‘ God save the king and a bull for ever ’ . |
| 7 | The West Midlands Area Tories , to which organisation Arden belonged , were holding a dance to the music of the Majorettes , but David did not fancy being enveloped in clouds of blue tulle . |
| 8 | After holding a council with the barons of Poitou , Richard and Henry marched into the county of Angoulême . |
| 9 | The photograph apparently showed three servicemen , Air Force Col. John Robertson , Maj. Albro Lynn Lundy and Lt. Larry Stevens , holding a sign with the date 25:5:90 and the cryptic message " NNTK ! |
| 10 | She and the cart were half-covered by the shadow of the buildings on her left ; but further back up the road , walking deep in the shadow , was a young woman holding a child by the hand . |
| 11 | As on Friday , no one seemed to notice me and certainly no one challenged me as I walked through to Patterson 's office whistling cheerfully ( a Tommy Smith riff which I wished I could transfer from his tenor sax to my battered trumpet ) and holding a plan of the air-conditioning system out in front of me . |
| 12 | The new government 's four priorities were ( i ) negotiating European Community ( EC ) membership ( the outgoing government having submitted an application on July 1 , 1991 — see p. 38353 ) with a view to holding a referendum on the issue by September 1994 ; ( ii ) breaking the pattern of economic stagnation and re-establishing the country 's reputation for growth and enterprise ; ( iii ) deregulating areas such as health and child care ; and ( iv ) establishing a long-term , sustainable policy on the environment . |
| 13 | Prior to its election in 1990 , however , the National Party had committed itself to holding a referendum on the issue . |
| 14 | Cumnock and Doon Valley district council was grateful to the Minister for holding a meeting with the council and with me . |
| 15 | I wish I had a pound for every time I have denied holding a meeting with the T & g . |
| 16 | Some youths in leather and day-glo socks were holding a meeting on the gloomy grass . |
| 17 | On I8 April 1983 the American Embassy in Beirut was car-bombed and collapsed like a pack of cards , sixty-three employees , including a team of senior CIA agents holding a meeting at the time were killed . |
| 18 | The early mood of the schools ' social commitment was best expressed by Montague Butler , headmaster of Harrow , when , holding a copy of the revelatory The Bitter Cry of Outcast London in his hand while delivering a sermon in Oxford , he called out : |
| 19 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 20 | If a great opera such as this has difficulty holding a place in the repertoire , what hope is there for the merely excellent ? |
| 21 | The Flying Scotsman may never again set any records for speed , but loved and cared-for , no doubt she 'll go on holding a place in the hearts of steam enthusiasts for another 70 years , a reminder of the days when trains were smoky , dirty , smelly , and beautiful . |
| 22 | The point is described by the four image coordinates ( x , y , x , y ) , called I. A person can provide I by holding a torch at the desired point . |
| 23 | The United Kingdom Institute for Conservation will be holding a conference on the topic of wall paintings at the Unicorn Theatre , Abingdon , on 20 June . |
| 24 | Scientists at Los Alamos have suggested using particle beams to help burn up the plutonium , rather than relying entirely on particles given off by a chain reaction going on within the material ; they think it would be like holding a flame underneath the plutonium , rather than starting a dangerous plutonium blaze . |
| 25 | The refugee studies programme at Oxford has announced it 'll be holding a symposium on the food crisis in March . |
| 26 | The Duke marched out on to the stage which , as everyone knows , represents the world , closely followed by the Duchess , still holding a piece of the Bishop 's Palace . |
| 27 | Finally , I notice that the Scottish Division is holding a Dinner at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh on November 7th . |
| 28 | Det Con Steve Roberts added : ‘ It is unusual to say the least , the fact that one of these women was holding a baby at the time . ’ |
| 29 | Det Con Steve Roberts added : ‘ It is unusual to say the least , the fact that one of these women was holding a baby at the time . ’ |
| 30 | It features such exciting inclusions as the study of the little girl holding a baby from the left-hand side of his early painting of The Old Musician , the mature Spanish ballet dancer Lola de Valence , and etchings of both the reclining nude , Olympia and a late portrait , in a large decorative hat , of the lady painter Berthe Morisot . |