Sentence examples for is held under from inspiring English sources

The bottle is held under pressure while it is refilled.

Music downloaded via iTunes is held under a licence which can be revoked on death.

Even if an election is held under the present system, he hopes for a stable majority in both chambers that would give him another five years in office.

If Mr. Romney is held under 50 percent, however, they will be split proportionately among the candidates who get at least 15 percent of the vote.

He won his seat in the very city where Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the leader of a popular underground movement, is held under house arrest.

Mr. Coke's lawyers described him as a well-spoken man who had never cursed in their presence; they said he had approached his new life in federal custody, where he is held under unusually restrictive conditions, with stoicism.

He has been held under house arrest since July.

The vote was held under a state of emergency.

Yāsīn was held under house arrest from 1989 to 2000.

Land was held under a chain of feudal relations.

In April 1924 elections were held under this system.