Sentence examples for was regularly held from inspiring English sources

Pickering wrote that he was "regularly held up at gunpoint" by employees who demanded higher pay, in the form of bonuses, to prevent them being lured elsewhere.

Pickering writes about how he was "regularly held up at gunpoint" by colleagues demanding bigger pay cheques to stop them leaving (usually for Goldman Sachs), and argues that investment bankers have an interest in perpetuating the myth of this so-called "death spiral".

By then, Gore was regularly holding town-hall meetings -- open meetings, as he prefers to call them, from his days as a congressional candidate -- in New Hampshire and Iowa.

Competitions are regularly held with clubs from Scotland and England.

Poetry readings, philosophical discussions, and political debates were regularly held there.

Elections are regularly held, and citizens over 18 years of age may vote.

Political posters and fliers lay about the space, where concerts and film screenings are regularly held.

Public training sessions are regularly held at beachside grounds such as Coogee Oval.

A permanent photographic exhibition of local scenes is the backdrop to an intimate interior where art workshops are regularly held.

Screenings of the classics, such as the films of Kurosawa, Lean, and Kubrick are regularly held at specialist cinemas.

While Scandinavian countries are regularly held up as models of egalitarianism, they have far fewer people to worry about.