Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this sense , one of the components of the personality is regarded as being inherently ‘ aggressive ’ , except that in life it is normally held in check by the mind . |
| 2 | SCP is not eligible for rediscount with the Bank of England but it is attractive to a much wider range of investors than bankers ' acceptances , and it is widely held outside the banking sector by institutional investors such as insurance companies and pension funds . |
| 3 | It is usually held in October or November and I thought that holding it today perhaps heralded better news or that we were on the brink of a breakthrough or a decision . |
| 4 | Thus for example it is sometimes held to be of significance that the first appearance of the resurrected Christ is said to have been to a woman . |
| 5 | Sometimes it is all held in a single incident . |
| 6 | Money paid to a Travel Agent is held by him on your behalf until your booking is fully confirmed when it is then held for Amsterdam Travel Service Limited . |
| 7 | It is now held in a gilt frame mounted with pearls and precious stones en cabochon . |
| 8 | It was thus held to be as authentic an image of the society within which it was produced as the gift , whose authenticity was premised upon its own totalizing ability . |
| 9 | The conference of 1944 had to be postponed owing to the difficulties of travel , which were imposed in the spring and summer of that year when the Allied invasion forces used Britain as their base for the ‘ reentry ’ into France : it was finally held in December . |
| 10 | As time ran out , Martin Cool right on the stroke of full time got in a great volley , it was well held by Ken Vasey . |
| 11 | It was also held in that case that the settlor 's power to liquidate the company was not a power to terminate the settlement ; it was thus not a revocable settlement . |
| 12 | It was nonetheless held by the majority of the House of Lords that the three year period ran from the date when the workman suffered the injury and not from the earlier date when the manufacturers manufactured the defective machine . |
| 13 | It was subsequently held by the Privy Council that permits were not required by persons in the position of the plaintiffs . |
| 14 | It was therefore held by the Court that the fact that all the Member States had signed the Customs Cooperation Council Valuation Convention would not lead to the necessary extent to the uniform determination of the value for customs purposes of imported goods required for the functioning of customs union . |