Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] held by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison , where some of the dissidents who opposed the Shahs rule were held by SAVAK , was painted up , the street were cleaned , pots of flowers were placed all along the main roads , birds in cages were hung from lamp posts , shopkeepers were given blue coats to wear . |
| 2 | A dedication ceremony was held by the squadron chaplain at the memorial on the snow-covered fellside . |
| 3 | A majority of seats on the 71-member council were held by the Eelam People 's Revolutionary Liberation Front ( EPRLF ) [ see p. 37007 ] , which had been supported by the Indian troop presence . |
| 4 | Almost all of the holdings shown as belonging to the banking sector were held by banks ; discount houses have , in recent years , ceased to be significant holders of gilt-edged securities in their own names . |
| 5 | In 1960 , 94 per cent of House seats in the South were held by the Democrats , a figure that declined to 68 per cent by 1972 . |
| 6 | The rotating presidency of the Council was held by Ireland for the first half of 1990 , by Italy for the second half of 1990 , and in 1991 it was held first by Luxembourg and then by the Netherlands . |
| 7 | Each time Kandy was held by the invaders for only a short period . |
| 8 | The little girl was held by the back of her bent neck , and the lash of the crop swished down onto her cotton dress . |
| 9 | This was so in Britain , where the post of Secretary at War was held by politicians and changed hands with the ebb and flow of party politics . |
| 10 | Pride of place was held by the ‘ Antient Silver Arrow ’ itself . |
| 11 | The second prejudice against dissection was held by religious people who took in a literal sense the resurrection of the body , and had an emotional commitment to this doctrine , even if intellect told them that an incomplete body could be no bar to the miracle of rising from the grave with the sounding of the last trump . |
| 12 | The government however continued with just one vice-president and within a few months this post was held by Daniel Arap Moi , a non-Kikuyu who , despite being a member of the Legislative Council , had not been prominent in nationalist politics . |
| 13 | For most of the eighties this post was held by Robin Catford — of whom more later — who had the privilege of having the tenancy of the best room in Number 10 . |
| 14 | Which Cabinet post was held by Sir Winston Churchill 's father , Lord Randolph ? |
| 15 | During the personal reign of Louis XIV from 1661 onwards the post was held by a succession of distinctly able men — Lionne , Pomponne , Colbert de Croissy , Torcy — and the administrative machine which they controlled grew substantially in size and complexity . |
| 16 | The German left wing was held by the army of General von Heeringen . |
| 17 | A press conference was held by the Chairman , Chris Clark and senior management from JM Japan which resulted in a great deal of enthusiastic coverage in the Japanese and foreign press . |
| 18 | A conference was held by the UN to discuss the problem this summer , following on from last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but was mainly devoted to national issues such as data collection and dispute settlement . |
| 19 | The previous record was held by Indian spinner Bishan Bedi . |
| 20 | The old record was held by Vaughan Chambers , Newry , at 21 fish for 47lb 6ozs . |
| 21 | A quarter of the tenements were freehold ; the rest were held by the normal Shropshire tenure of leases for three lives , with a large entry fine and a nominal annual rent . |
| 22 | In Germany the northern border was held by the Frisians , and the southern border by the Bavarians . |
| 23 | In many parishes the parish magazine has been in being for a number of years and is a great repository of local information — which event was held by which organisation in which year , who won prizes at the horticultural show , etc. , etc . |
| 24 | A student who offered shopowners immunity from the activities of ragweek in return for donations to charity was held by the trial judge not to have used menaces . |
| 25 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 26 | This restraint was held by the court to be an indirect one and on the facts of the case it was found to be unreasoanble and therefore the plaintiff was not entitled to his pension . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Ltd. v. Conservators of the River Thames , 15 T.L.R. 474 , improper charges levied for use of a pier were held by Phillimore J. to be recoverable on the ground that the charges being illegal there was no consideration for the payment made . |
| 29 | The belief that the NKLP possessed little if any independence and was a vehicle for the implementation of Soviet foreign policy was held by most American officials , including George Kennan , and was illustrated in the reactions to the events of 25 June 1950 . |
| 30 | The roar was held by some to be that of the dispossessed and not a train at all . |