Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [adv] be hold [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Eddie Aikau denoted a big-wave contest of a kind that could only be held in Hawaii .
2 The advantage of reverse-flow is that the water can be constantly filtered for detritus and debris that would otherwise be held in the coral sand and gravel and cause it to pack down and clog .
3 The percentage of added records that can not be held in these embedded overflow areas is about 10.26 per cent .
4 He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind .
5 Young people should have the right of independent counselling , and should not be held in police cells .
6 Mr Horn works for Derbyshire County Council , for whom a spokeswoman said the hearing had not taken place and would not be held in the future .
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