Example sentences of "in [adj] [was/were] held [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Lincoln in that year ten prebends were in the possession of royal clerks ; at Salisbury and London seven in each were held by royal clerks ; at Lichfield five , and at Hereford four . |
| 2 | The four meetings of the Council 's Executive in 1989/90 were held in Irvine , Aberdeen , New Lanark and Inverness . |
| 3 | That of Orléans in 533 was held by royal order , ex praeceptione gloriosissimorum regum . |
| 4 | A rally to mark the founding of the CCP in 1921 was held on July 1 in Beijing . |
| 5 | The four meetings of the Council 's Executive in 1990/91 were held in Glenrothes , Dundee , Musselburgh and Falkirk . |
| 6 | Among those jobs classified as Social Class 1 by the Registrar General at the 1981 Census , only one in ten was held by women . |
| 7 | Bulgaria 's second general election since the fall of the communist administration in 1989 was held on Oct. 13 . |
| 8 | Says Michael Janson , a director at Grünert , ‘ The first Cologne Art Fair in 1967 was held in Gurzenich , with about eighteen to twenty galleries participating . |