Example sentences of "[adv] held [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luigi was also the dentist 's assistant , and he was often called upon to perform urgent extractions himself , as the dentist only held a surgery once a week . |
| 2 | Initiatives such as Sematech helped US industry to catch up , but Grove sees this as having only held the advance of Japanese manufacturers . |
| 3 | In 1960 and 1962 the Amberley/Pulborough marshes alone held a winter peak of about 3,000 birds . |
| 4 | Ibrahima Fall , Minister for Foreign Affairs since October 1984 , was replaced by Seydina Oumar Sy , who had hitherto held the Commerce portfolio . |
| 5 | Shagalyn Jadambaa ( Defence ) , and Tserenpilyn Gombosuren ( Foreign Relations ) had all held the same or similar posts in the outgoing Cabinet ; Dalrain Davaasambuu ( Finance ) , Namsraijavyn Luvsabjav ( Justice ) and Tsevenjavyn Oold ( Food and Agriculture ) were among new appointments . |
| 6 | The remit with regard to the er one day seminar , it was suggested at the last meeting er that it would be useful if the activists of the free union actually got together held a one day seminar or training course whatever terminology you like to put on it er to actually educate ourselves on how we should be conducting the campaign basically . |
| 7 | In particular Nation had long held a morbid fascination with the horrors of contemporary warfare : gas attack , chemical shelling and especially with the effects of nuclear weapons . |
| 8 | Kennedy has long held a fascination for Jimi Hendrix , who died from a drugs overdose in 1970 . |
| 9 | The Fiery Angel has long held an almost obsessional fascination for Prokofiev enthusiasts . |
| 10 | Balding has long held the opinion that Jimmy Frost should ride Cool Ground , but after the West Country rider was beaten on the gelding at Newcastle earlier in the season , Bolton plumped for Maguire . |
| 11 | I have long held the view that there is a small clique whose real objective has been to close the airport regardless of any other consideration — it would be interesting to know why . |
| 12 | Conservatives have long held the view that there is too much emphasis on individual rights and not enough on duties , especially when they rail against the self-interested , Westernized attitudes of modern Japanese youth . |
| 13 | Saddam Hussein had just held a press conference with the hostages . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've just held a case conference , Mrs Abberley , ’ Miller began . |
| 15 | Er where they 've just held the erm Superbowl . |
| 16 | White collar workers at Bristol , Rolls-Royce 's second biggest plant , have already held a ballot and rejected industrial action . |
| 17 | For example , we have already held a seminar for administrative staff in colleges mounting 1988 pilots ( a short account of this event follows this article ) . |
| 18 | Mr Scargill pointed out that the Polish union Solidarity , repeatedly praised from the rostrum , had not held a ballot before taking strike action . |
| 19 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one |
| 20 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 21 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 22 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 23 | driven by anyone who you know is disqualified from driving or has not held a driving licence , or is prevented by law for holding one . |
| 24 | Claes Andersson , a member of parliament who had not held a senior post in any of the old parties , was elected leader of the Alliance . |
| 25 | It is , for example , rare , though not unknown , to find the holder of an important kadilik who has not taught at the Sahn ; and it is likewise extremely unusual , though again not unheard of , to find a kazasker who has not held an important kadilik . |
| 26 | He has not held the post very long but he has worked hard and the arts world has appreciated that . |
| 27 | At the last fence Crisp , though he walloped the gorse into the air , still held a substantial lead , but Red Rum — with twenty-three pounds less on his back — was charging along now , and it was simply a matter of whether Crisp could survive the desperately long run to the winning post . |
| 28 | This decline is possibly of post-war origin , as in 1949 Thorney Island , the marshes around Pagham Harbour and Selsey , and Rye Harbour still held a total of about 150 pairs compared to about 35 in 1967 . |
| 29 | Even when Liverpool won the FA Cup in May to present him with his first trophy , Kenny Dalglish still held a significant place in the hearts of the Kop . |
| 30 | Just as she had predicted , Matthew had become a fine young man , tall and strong , and markedly handsome , with his wayward mop of brown hair and those dark violet eyes that still held a world of bitterness whenever they looked on her . |