Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] hold [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grinders should be held at a shallow angle of between 15 and 30° to the work when they are used to abrade the surface . |
| 2 | For instance , demand management might require that government spending should be held at a high level to keep the economy at full pressure , while Labour 's plans also called for a high level of State spending . |
| 3 | Momoh , who had hitherto firmly rejected the demand that legislative elections in May should be held on a multiparty democratic basis , suddenly announced on March 28 that he welcomed the proposal that Sierra Leone should become a multiparty democracy . |
| 4 | So land-holding companies were not in favour , while the idea that land should be held by a great individual landlord fitted the way people thought society ought to be run . |
| 5 | Can I also point out that erm the association of natural body builders stipulate that a contest must be held in a seated theatre such as this . |
| 6 | The party endorsed the change at a congress on Jan. 20-23 , 1990 [ for which see pp. 37172-73 ] , but the congress subsequently collapsed amid arguments about the LCY 's federal structure ( the Slovene League of Communists ( LC ) shortly afterwards split from the LCY ) , and before scheduled elections could be held to a new party central committee and presidium . |
| 7 | He was trapped in his body , as surely as a crashed motorist could be held in a wrecked car by a locked seat belt . |
| 8 | Then a party may be held on a different day , so there is a double celebration . |
| 9 | Drawn up by a panel of civilian and military experts , the charter was to remain in force for a 30-month interim period , at the end of which a referendum would be held on a new constitution for Chad . |
| 10 | The terms for both the constituent assembly and the interim cabinet would be a maximum of 12 months , after which election would be held under a new constitution . |
| 11 | The 1992 series will be held at a new venue , Abbey Community Association , 34 Great Smith Street , London SW1 3BU . |
| 12 | The mass will be held at a religious shrine on a road where , three years ago , hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered in the uprising which toppled the former president , Ferdinand Marcos , and installed Mrs Aquino in power . |
| 13 | It will be held in a central location , perhaps Leeds or York , and we shall send details to alumni within reasonable travelling distance and to anyone who ticks the box on the questionnaire to say they are interested . |
| 14 | Whilst the system remains paper based , the actual certificates and bills that make up the instruments will be held in a safe custody vault at the CMO . |
| 15 | Teachers have been clearing up the mess and the headmaster says some lessons will be held in a nearby school later this week . |
| 16 | The Sari , however , is not primarily an initiation ceremony ; for it will be held by a great ruwang and his wife ( the ruwahu ) regardless of whether there are boys of appropriate age for initiation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If each component part is uniquely defined then the relationship is simple and can be held in a hierarchical data base . |
| 19 | the number of paid public appointments that can be held by a single individual should be limited ; |