Sentence examples for be held for generation from inspiring English sources

It is a sect-like, highly ideological state that runs prison camps holding hundreds of thousands, where family members can be held for generation after generation if a single ancestor has been labelled an "enemy of the people".

In the South, ramp festivals have been held for generations.

In certain Arab countries, power had been held for generations by the Sunni, even while a majority of the population might have been Shia.

Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, will today call on her SNP counterpart to "prove her constructive credentials" by accepting that another referendum should not be held for a generation.

Beetles were held for at least one generation under laboratory conditions that allow continuous growth and reproduction (16:8 L D, 25 27°C) before they were taken from stock cultures for use in experiments.

Three separate report back workshops were held, for the purposes of both member checking and generation of recommendations.

Auditions were held for Sam and Diane.

About 10% of the money would be held aside for future generations.

I am still campaigning for governments and corporations to be held accountable for crimes against present and future generations.

No GB squad members in any discipline have yet come close to earning a medal at the first major fencing tournament to be held in Britain for a generation, which concludes on Tuesday.

The women of Afghanistan have been held silent for generations, and now they are ready to be heard.