"held in time" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use it to refer to something that has not changed or been updated in a long time. For example: My grandparent's kitchen is a relic from the past; it has been held in time for decades.
Instead, they're sweating about whether the primaries will be held in time to populate their state conventions in early June.
8 RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, which opens today, is not reviewed because advance screenings were not held in time for critics.
Then she proposed a plebiscite to be held in time for changes to take effect by next year's election, meaning the vote would have to be held, and subsequent congressional legislation enacted, by early October.
The administration continues to assert that elections cannot be held in time for the deadline of June 30, the target date for handing sovereignty over to a new Iraqi interim government.
Television cameras recorded the trucks waiting to roll from Westchester County's fire training center, and a demonstration run of a pesticide truck had been held in time for the late news.
The court ruled 5 4 on the remedy of the matter, with the majority holding that the Florida Supreme Court's decision had created new election law a right reserved for the state legislature and that no recount could be held in time to satisfy a federal deadline for the selection of state electors.
She cites Etta James as her favorite singer and wears elaborate, form-fitting beaded dresses that were designed for social functions held in times that have passed and in buildings that are extinct.
For such a reason further less restrictive policies will be introduced and investigated; these are mostly based on the concept of "strategy holding" in time (by providing a slower switching policy sampling time) and space (by using hysteresis regions).
That's because, in the years ahead, the country might well experience the kind of economic recovery that the White House had hoped would take hold in time for this year's elections.
He said he did not know enough about his new conference to project how his team might fare but was confident his system would take hold in time for league play.
