Example sentences of "this was hold [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This was held at St. Andrew 's Hall on the 19th , 20th and 21st of November 1891 , and opened by the Duchess of Montrose whose son was ironically soon to become totally deaf .
2 This was held at The Community College , Bishop 's Castle at 7.30 p.m. on Friday , 3 November 1989 and was attended by 33 members .
3 In so far as any thought was given to the curriculum , this was held to be a matter for expert ‘ curriculum designers ’ who spoke in a language all their own , and seldom impinged on the consciousness of the public .
4 This was held to be the case in Mantovani v.
5 This was held to be incorrect , but irrelevant ; incorrect , because a mere sense of alarm was insufficient to give rise to a fear of a breach of the peace , and irrelevant because the justices had found ( or there was evidence from which they could have found ) that the constables reasonably believed that the defendant 's own behaviour was likely to constitute a breach of the peace .
6 This was held to be so by the Court of Appeal in Newtons of Wembley v. Williams .
7 This was held to be the wrong approach by the House of Lords .
8 This was held to be trespass to land .
9 This was held to be a mistake sufficient to overturn the decision .
10 This was held to be reasonable during employment but was construed as being too wide post employment as it would prevent the defendant becoming a medical officer of health in which capacity he could not prejudice the plaintiff 's goodwill .
11 This was held for an unexpired term of six years ‘ from Christmas last ’ at £140 per annum ; it was offered ( fortunately unsuccessfully ) by the new proprietor , Mr Collier , for £600 .
12 This was held on 17 November 1933 , women voting for the first time .
13 This was held on 16 February 1936 and for the first time in the history of the Second Republic involved an evenly matched contest between large , cohesive left- and right-wing alliances ; the Radical Party virtually disappeared as a significant force , leaving the political centre effectively unrepresented .
14 This was held on 10 October .
15 In a war for the nation 's life this was held by external authorities to be provocative .
16 This was held by the female clerk as one would hold out a photographic negative , saying , ‘ That number will put you in touch with the one you require . ’
17 This was held by Salmon J. in Mount v. Jay & Jay Ltd. ( 1959 Q.B. ) where the buyers wrote their own delivery order which they sent off to the sub-purchaser .
18 The Greens held one portfolio , that of Health ; this was held by Bozidar Voljc who had been in the Cabinet since January 1992 .
19 This was held in place by a groove in the bottom of the door jamb which projected slightly for the purpose .
20 This was held in Harrogate .
21 A letter had been received from E. Coleman , surgeon , of Palsgrave Place , Temple , but this was held in abeyance until 7 January 1794 , A week later , Clark of Edinburgh , who had been offered the post of professor , was asked to make his mind up , whereupon he declined the appointment .
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