Example sentences of "and [be] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Free activities : Open air brass band concerts are very popular and are held on a regular basis . |
| 2 | The modules are attended by fourteen managers from throughout Europe and are held at Royston , Sonning , Trafalgar Square and Cresswell . |
| 3 | The leaves are almost white with green stripes and are held in elegant fans . |
| 4 | Karrass Workshops are the most widely attended of their kind and are held in major cities worldwide . |
| 5 | The courses last three hours and are held throughout the UK . |
| 6 | General von Laffert , the German commander on the spot , had ordered that both villages ‘ must be defended to the utmost and be held to the last man , even if the enemy cuts the connections on both sides and also threatens them from the rear . ’ |
| 7 | He suggested that elections to the constituent commission be brought forward to March or April and be held under international supervision . |
| 8 | In the event of the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL dying before the child attains twenty-one years , all of the estate shall devolve upon the said child and be held for him or her in trust , as my executors and their appointees shall devise . |
| 9 | Rigid frame steerables can stand vertically on the frame ends , and be held in that attitude by line tension if the handles are pegged to the ground by a stake . |
| 10 | The claims of the kingdom of God dictate that all people must be treated the same and be held in the same esteem . |
| 11 | Clients ' funds should be kept separate from the firm 's own moneys and be held in bank or building society accounts clearly designated as belonging to the client . |
| 12 | The defendants had repaired the wheel shortly before the accident and were held to be manufacturers . |
| 13 | ‘ Stop ’ bull-running became popular and were held on single streets blocked by carts , often on the initiation of the publicans . |
| 14 | The terrified family were handcuffed , had pillows pulled over their heads and were held at gunpoint overnight . |
| 15 | Thus the case was presented on the footing that the documents concerned had come into being and were held by the solicitors for their client as the result of a suspected intent by a third party to use them for the purpose of furthering his criminal activity . |
| 16 | The Branch has been approached by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to provide a speaker for a forthcoming two-day Seminar being organised by ICAS for its members and being held on 23 and 24 April at the Stakis Hydro Hotel , Dunkeld , Perthshire . |
| 17 | A fine example was found in Lincoln in 1866 and is now in the British Museum ( fig. 14.4 ) , i others came from Richborough ( fig. 14.5 ) and from a grave at Colchester on a Castor Box on which a lion appears in a venatio and being held at bay by a nude bestiarius with a long hunting spear . |
| 18 | They have failed to score in their last three matches , all at home , losing two in the League and being held to a 0-0 draw in the Cup . |
| 19 | He 'd discovered that her friends were alive , and being held in a Gestapo jail near the Pont du Sevres . |
| 20 | The rain seeps into and is held in volcanic ash above an impervious layer of basaltic clay and laterite . |
| 21 | A grass collection box at the rear is easy to attach and empty : it simply locates on wedge-shaped protrusions under the flap , and is held in place by the flap , which fits into a recess on top of the box . |
| 22 | The niche is then set into the recess ( with a damp-proof membrane draped behind it in cavity walls ) and is held in place by mirror plates screwed to the rear of the niche surround . |
| 23 | The unit slides onto the bracket and is held in place with extra suckers . |
| 24 | Normally the circuit exhibits a preference for one of them because of some asymmetry and is held in that state by the positive feedback network R 1 , R 2 in the absence of an input triggering signal . |
| 25 | It is kept up to date in the same way as the full system and is held by many libraries and other advice agencies . |
| 26 | The Primary Sunday School began in 1908 and was held at 2.15 pm before the afternoon School at 3.00 pm . |
| 27 | The Society 's 33rd Annual General Meeting followed the present policy of ‘ going out and about ’ and was held at Hounslow Manor School , Middlesex on Saturday 27th April . |
| 28 | But on the Friday Evening we were treated to another dinner , this one so splendid that it was designated a ‘ banquet ’ , and was held at the Peking Duck Restaurant , an eating place of great fame , specialising , like Mrs Hogg , in duck . |
| 29 | He had previously been arrested in May 1982 , when he was editor-in-chief of al-Yawm newspaper , and was held without charge or trial until he was released following an amnesty at the end of 1982 . |
| 30 | Albania 's last communist leader Ramiz Alia , who had resigned as President in April after his election defeat by Sali Berisha [ see p. 38878 ] , was placed under house arrest on Sept. 12 and was held under armed guard at his daughter 's house in Tirana , the capital . |