Example sentences of "can [be] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) The projection can be held across a strip of behavior that is less long than a grammatical sentence … |
| 2 | But nevertheless it 's been done and the debate can be held under the auspices of the District Plan . |
| 3 | The kinds of conversations that can be held with colleagues may become restricted to those that are safely superficial and impersonal , and the developing staffroom ambience may bind such social conventions ever more tightly . |
| 4 | Both find that life , and of course the activity of philosophy , is untenable without some standards of absolute truth , the canon of ‘ reason ’ , which can generate knowledge that can be held to be true regardless of perspective or context . |
| 5 | For countries which have ratified the Convention can be held to task if they refuse to allocate resources to deal with these issues domestically . |
| 6 | However , the rising level of deaths and serious injuries in industry generally is a matter of great shame to us all , but it is a matter of great shame in particular for those who can be held to be responsible . |
| 7 | Under the Act , the men can be held for up to seven days . |
| 8 | They can be held for 48 hours without charge under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and for a further five days at the discretion of the Home Secretary . |
| 9 | No brief can be held for any solution that would put France and Western democracy influence out of Indo-China or leave natives believe US indifferent . |
| 10 | As time goes on , if the horse stance is repeated daily , you will discover that the position can be held for longer and longer as your legs become stronger . |
| 11 | Another difference Walker found was that untried prisoners , who can be held for up to a year , are rarely allowed visits . |
| 12 | Alternatively , if you require a little time , a booking can be held on ‘ Option ’ for 24 hours during which time you must make the booking ‘ firm ’ otherwise the booking will automatically be released . |
| 13 | This file will be very small and , if indexed , it will usually match the access speed of a larger direct file because it can be held on a single cylinder of disk , with its index in main storage . |
| 14 | This means that any single frame can be found quickly and accurately and it can be held on the screen for as long as you like without damaging the disc . |
| 15 | Mainframe and minicomputers have data storage facilities which are remote from the majority of suppliers and users of the data They can be stored on magnetic material , often in the form of tape ( much as music can be held on magnetic tape ) These tapes are held centrally and are frequently accessible to many users . |
| 16 | Now engineers , for example , can also share information because it can be held on the object-oriented database . |
| 17 | A relatively low balance of cash can be held as the day-to-day operations of a bank 's customers — cash deposits and withdrawals — create an offsetting phenomenon . |
| 18 | Caught early enough , it can be held at bay . |
| 19 | If this is thought too tame , a lively and amusing party can be held at home or in a room at a sports club along the lines of a fancy dress party , again with humorous speeches . |
| 20 | It could mean that for some patients the disease can be held at bay . |
| 21 | Mr Probyn can be held at Gloucester police station for only another hour without either being taken to court or released . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see how that can be held against him . ’ |
| 23 | Such a record , which is not erasable , can be held against people when applying for jobs . |
| 24 | It can be held in place by the battens . |
| 25 | Cocoa can be held in quarantine at the Royal Botanic Gardens , Kew , and at Miami . |
| 26 | In addition to money , wealth can be held in the form of interest-bearing accounts in financial institutions , bonds ( such as government securities and company debentures ) , equities ( or company shares ) , real assets ( such as antique furniture and property ) and ‘ human capital ’ ( defined as including the mental and physical attributes that enable people to earn a living by selling their labour services ) . |
| 27 | The battery can be held in place using a double-sided adhesive pad or a home-made aluminium fixing bracket . |
| 28 | The number of fry removed determines the size of their next home ; small numbers can be held in butter or ice cream tubs but larger broods will need to go into small fish tanks . |
| 29 | The saddle screws can be held in place with a tiny dab of superglue applied with a pin — do n't worry , the glue will not fix them permanently . |
| 30 | We can not see that power can be held in different ways , and that personal and professional relationships that work effectively are often a delicate balance see-sawing on power shifts . |