Sentence examples for held the area from inspiring English sources

To create an adhesive surface to which the gold will be securely held, the area to be gilded is sized.

An hour's climb through idyllic beech forest pops me out on a summit with spectacular panoramas of the Adriatic from a tower built by the Austro-Hungarians, who held the area until the second world war, when the Italians took it.

Isis has held the area since August, when tens of thousands of people, mainly members of the Yazidi religion, one of Iraq's oldest minorities, were forced to flee to Mount Sinjar or face slaughter at the hands of the advancing militants.

While some units went to an assembly area, others held the area against strong German attacks.

They held the area through the winter until the thaw, and in 1951, they began to advance.

PARECO and Mai Mai Mongol combatants, many of whom are untrained and poorly equipped, held the area from December to March, supported by FDLR combatants.

"We are holding the area.

Rebels, who hold the area, say the area was targeted by gas-filled shells fired by government forces.

About 500 pro-government people gathered in a central square in Sana, setting up large white tents with the intention of holding the area through the night.

The forces opposing the insurgents must first clear an area to provide security, then hold the area, and then try to improve living conditions.

A peshmerga fighter who has been stationed at the Kaywan Iraqi army base, outside Kirkuk, since yesterday confirmed to the Guardian that Kurds hold the area.