Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] held on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first auction was held on Jan. 26 and was hailed as a great success . |
| 2 | A large demonstration organized by the opposition was held on May 26 to protest at corruption and to call for the Prime Minister 's resignation . |
| 3 | A very tight rein was held on all staff , it was as if they were very nervous and suspicious that we might go made and accept a bid ! |
| 4 | A ceremony was held on Feb. 2 to mark the formal handing back to Nicaragua of 17 Soviet-made anti-aircraft missiles , out of a shipment of 28 sent to the FMLN by officers in the Nicaraguan army [ see p. 37956 ] . |
| 5 | Everyone had to carry a gas-mask at all times , and an air-raid practice was held on that first afternoon . |
| 6 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
| 7 | A band led a procession , which included four hundred schoolchildren , through the streets and a public lunch was held on East Looe Quay . |
| 8 | A preliminary session was held on Dec. 4 , 1989 , of the judicial inquiry into the case of the " Guildford Four " , who had been convicted in 1975 of carrying out the Guildford and Woolwich public house bombings [ see pp. 26870 ; 27739 ] , and in October 1989 had been released from their sentences of life imprisonment [ see p. 36983 ] . |
| 9 | In accordance with the Constitution a plebiscite was held on Oct. 5 , 1988 , to decide whether Pinochet should remain in office for a further eight years upon the expiry of his term in 1990 . |
| 10 | A preliminary meeting of the Gulf Crisis Financial Co-ordination Committee was held on Sept. 25 under the chairmanship of the US Treasury Secretary , Nicholas Brady . |
| 11 | In Osred 's first year a council was held on the banks of the River Nidd , again presided over by Archbishop Beorhtwald , at which both Aelfflaed and Berhtfrith spoke in Wilfrid 's favour ; Wilfrid was not restored to York , of which John of Beverley , bishop of Hexham , became bishop , but he was allowed to retain his former possessions of Ripon and Hexham as bishop of Hexham ( HE V , 19 : Vita Wilfridi , ch. 60 ) . |
| 12 | The last election to the Legislative Council was held on March 3 , 1988 , when the PDM won 11 of the 13 elected seats [ see p. 36098 ] . |
| 13 | In the Forest of Dean a special swanimote was held on 10 June 1634 : 800 presentments of offences against vert and venison , some referring to events forty years old , were drawn up for submission at the Forest Eyre in the following month . |
| 14 | Conference was held on 7-9 September 1991 . |
| 15 | An Army political work conference was held on Dec. 10-17 , 1989 , the first of its kind for " many years " , according to Xinhua . |
| 16 | A conference was held on Dec. 16-18 in Mopti , some 500 km north-west of the capital Bamako , with the aim of ending the rebellion of Tuaregs in the north of the country which had occurred in July [ see p. 38325 ] . |
| 17 | The Annual Conference was held on 11 March — Peter considered going but the one-day rate , at £50 plus , seemed too expensive to warrant it . |
| 18 | A Recreation and Sports Studies Board was set up in 1978 , and in the same year a further conference was held on human movement studies — with support from the Gulbenkian Foundation . |
| 19 | The second Napier Enterprise lecture was held on March 22nd . |
| 20 | A very successful Community Coffee Evening was held on Friday , 5th October . |
| 21 | A successful Coffee Evening was held on Friday , 4th October . |
| 22 | The Society Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday , October 10 at the Gainsborough House Hotel in Kidderminster and members were invited to experience the comforts of the Ex-Great Western Saloon vehicle 80969 and two return trips from Bridgnorth the following day behind ‘ Sir Nigel Gresley . ’ |
| 23 | The last meeting was held on Oki premises a few weeks ago with only a few friends of the family in attendance . |
| 24 | The next meeting was held on 11 th . |
| 25 | Following the announcement in the February 1991 JFIT News , a meeting was held on the 12th March 1991 at DTI , involving academe and industry to discuss control as a strategic theme . |
| 26 | The first meeting was held on March 2nd and it was stated that a bridge was much wanted at some point between Rochester and Aylesford . |
| 27 | All the sales , service and administration staff came down by coach to Felcourt , and the service meeting was held on the journey one way and sales the other . |
| 28 | A meeting was held on Monday 11th November 1990 . |
| 29 | The sixth meeting was held on Dec. 5-8 . |
| 30 | A second meeting was held on March 31 . |