Example sentences of "[pron] is held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , April , April the tenth to the twelfth , is the , is the National Amnesty A G M which is held over a weekend and this year is in Exeter . |
| 2 | A psychological rationalization could be said to be a justification for a position , which is held for reasons not related to the justification . |
| 3 | That is t to er that is land which is held for expansion purposes , clearly identified by firms as meeting their expansion needs . |
| 4 | With a steel rule held firmly in position to guide a heavy-duty craft knife which is held at an angle , make a clean , bevelled cut between the pin holes to create the window . |
| 5 | The Act regulates the use of automatically processed information about living , identifiable individuals ( personal data ) which is held on computers and other ‘ equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose ’ . |
| 6 | The information on the form will be transferred onto the Community Charge Register , which is held on a computer . |
| 7 | Having a double surface which is held to an aerofoil section by the risers sewn into the body , the foils are quite different to the otherwise flat plate single surface Deltas . |
| 8 | In a nutshell , it is argued that either Van Valen 's results show linearity with time , which is held to be biologically without significance , or most do not , in which case Van Valen 's ‘ law ’ breaks down . |
| 9 | If L grants a lease to T and then T assigns it to A , there is no privity of contract between L and A since there has been no direct transaction between them ; but there is privity of estate , for A has become L's tenant by acquiring the estate which L created and which is held of L as the immediate landlord . |
| 10 | ‘ Every idea which is held in the mind takes its origin from the senses … [ it ] either comes through the senses , or is formed from those which come through the senses . ’ |
| 11 | Plant cells typically contain a sac of water within the cytoplasm ( a vacuole ) which is held in place by the cellulose cell wall , and the whole water-filled cell provides an excellent building block . |
| 12 | The meme of Darwin 's theory is therefore that essential basis of the idea which is held in common by all brains that understand the theory . |
| 13 | The show , which is held in association with Pedigree Petfoods , covers five main categories of pets : dogs , cats , fish , birds and small animals . |
| 14 | The underthread for the lockstitch is provided by the bobbin , and the needle thread has to perform a loop to go around the bobbin which is held in a bobbin case under a slide plate . |
| 15 | A wall-hung basin , which is held in place by secure wall brackets , can be fixed at exactly the height you want , although the supply and waste pipes will be exposed . |
| 16 | People would be required to enter their own wealth holdings , and wealth from which they benefit or may benefit , which is held in family trusts . |
| 17 | Most of what Aunt Lavvy does for me , she does from choice — over and above my allowance , that is , which is held in trust . ’ |
| 18 | While there has been much research on the short term memory system of the type used to , eg , remember telephone numbers , relatively little is known about the nature of temporary memory for information which is held in the focus of attention during reading and conversation ( ‘ foregrounded' information ) . |
| 19 | Mr Ashdown must now pin his hopes on efforts to target vulnerable Tory seats , such as Bath , which is held by the Tory chairman , Mr Patten . |
| 20 | Practice as to translation requirements varies greatly ; although the relevant information is set out in the Practical Handbook published by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague conference , which is held by all Central Authorities , other applicants often fall foul of the rules . |
| 21 | It must also be remembered that they have certain rights while in the Department 's care not only in physical terms but also in relation to information which is held by the Department about them as individuals . |
| 22 | In the latter case , the registrar is bound to register the transfer as he holds the land certificate ( in contrast to the charge certificate , which is held by the mortgagee ) unless there is a restriction on the proprietorship register requiring the consent of the mortgagee to such transfer . |
| 23 | It is a view I believe which is held by everyone connected with policing at local level and additionally , the continuation of the tripartite system with its essential checks and balances on the activities of the three parties involved and My Lords that is the real importance and value of the tripartite system that depends on the local authorities being seen to be in the driving seat . |
| 24 | when they are travelling , in the front a child , now one year , must use an approved child restrain design for age and weight , a child over one may wear any approved child restraint on adult seat belt , in the rear a child must be restrained and the appropriate restrain is fitted , the the term appropriate restrain includes the following ; infants under one year old , a carry or cot which is held by straps , children one , two or three years in appropriate child seat or harness or booster cushion with an adult belt , not a household cushion . |
| 25 | That was in keeping with the respect in which she is held for her tireless work , especially on behalf of the world 's children . |
| 26 | Recent information from the Amnesty International Medical Group indicates that she is held in almost complete isolation and that her health is now at risk . |
| 27 | But if Jesus of Nazareth is not thought to be unique , and the Christian story is just a myth , why , one must ask , should one who is a feminist choose to take up this particular myth when it is so male , and has central to it a male person who is held to be unique ? |
| 28 | He is one of those wonderful personalities who is quiet , knowledgeable , effective and efficient who is held in high regard by colleagues and customers alike . |
| 29 | Here the choke chain is relaxed , Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand . |
| 30 | In small-scale and closely knit communities , where self-respect is very closely tied up with the esteem in which one is held by one 's fellows , any sanction of this sort designed to erode it is likely to be particularly effective . |