Sentence examples for were actually held from inspiring English sources

A.C.L.N. said those shares, along with 1.2 million other shares, were actually held by Mr. Bisschops for other investors.

She writes: We were told at 8.30pm that the police would lead us across Westminster bridge and then let us leave, but we were actually held on the bridge until 11pm.

Saud al-Musaibeh, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the safety of the residents still trapped in the compound during the ordeal, about 41 of whom were actually held captive, was the primary concern.

It was just a little reminder that while I was having an existential moment about the choices I had made in life and how I finally had confirmation that the ideals and values I held so dear were actually held dear by others, too, the people behind me still had places to go and caffeine to consume.

Since Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008 UNMIK no longer plays an active role, but it does still exist.When Mrs Djukic-Dejanovic met the Serbian mayors from northern Kosovo last week she told them that her duty was to call the elections, not to make sure that they were actually held.

If the assets were actually held in a U.S. bank, would the FDIC have a stake in this?

It verifies the hypothesis that people were actually holding back to upgrade until Google Maps was available".

Our increasing wisdom seems to be teaching us that some of the things we assumed were propelling us forward were actually holding us back.

The average (passive) willingness to donate is 63.5% among medical students and 50.0% among students of economics (p = 0.001), while only 24.1% of the respondents were actually holding an organ donor card.

But this position is actually held by many people in policy circles in both political parties.

"What you see at face value is not always reflective of the attitudes which are actually held deep down.