Example sentences of "[adj] a [noun sg] was hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1988 , when such an amnesty was held in east and south London , some 1,400 knives were collected . |
| 2 | In 1980 a conference was held in Thailand for the organisation 's leaders . |
| 3 | In November 1976 a meeting was held in Sreelane Parish Hall to demand the use of a safe alternative raw material after some 600 people signed a petition calling for the use of such a material . |
| 4 | As early as 1913 a conference was held of all local authorities in Greater London to plan comprehensively for arterial roads . |
| 5 | Regarding the Bethlehem Hospital , in 1810 a competition was held for designs for a new hospital in St George 's Fields , Southwark ; but in the event none of the entries which gained the premiums was actually adopted , and instead Lewis was instructed to incorporate their best features in a new design of his own . |
| 6 | In March 1912 a test was held for probationers . |
| 7 | On March 1 a vigil was held in Sofia by several hundred people holding open umbrellas to protest at the failure of the authorities to fulfil Lilov 's promise to Annabel Markov . |
| 8 | On March 23 a rally was held by 12 parties in central Niamey to protest against the MNSD 's unilateral choice of May as the time for a national conference . |
| 9 | When the tunnel was ‘ discovered ’ by the Russians in 1956 an inquiry was held within MI6 and also the Gehlen organisation to determine if there had been a leak to warn the Russians . |
| 10 | In February 1990 a meeting was held between the then Prime Minister Miklós Németh , the then acting President Matyás Szürös and opposition party representatives , to discuss the period up to the March-April multiparty parliamentary elections , [ for which see pp. 37325 ; 37380 ] . |