The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

There's a very simple reason why real estate tends to be held in limited partnerships rather than corporations and that reason is the corporate profits tax.

人们之所以,通过有限合伙的形式来持有商业房产,而不是以公司的形式来持有商业房产,其原因非常简单,那就是公司利润税

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

It makes a lot of sense when we look at it energetically, because if we think about a 1 s core electron, that's going to be held really, really tightly to the nucleus.

从能量的观点来看这是非常合理的，因为如果我们考虑一下，1，s，芯电子，它会被原子核束缚得非常非常紧。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Nils Bohlin recognized that both the upper and lower body needed to be held securely in place.

VOA: special.2011.03.01

But the view eventually will be that only Israel is obligated to the God of Israel, other nations aren't held accountable for their idolatry in the books of the Torah.

但随后演变为，只有犹太人,有义务崇拜自己的上帝,其他的民族则不用，根据《摩西五经》的记载。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Guests were not told where the wedding was to be held until a week before the event.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

This is the argument: Since men are clearly what he calls "the perfecter sex," surely they should be held to even higher standards of bodily purity even than women.

这就是他的论据：,既然男人清楚他们所说的“更好的性别“,那他们就应该,比女人有更高的贞操标准。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

It has an interesting history. The first Jamboree was supposed to be held in nineteen thirty-five.

VOA: special.2010.08.06

The Final will not be held in the exam period, because I like to take long vacations.

期末考试不会拖到考试周,因为长假的魅力实在太大

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The meetings used to be held about once every two years.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

A society that leads to our perfection that leads us to complete and perfect our telos must be held together by bonds of trust, of friendship, of camaraderie.

一个引领我们完善的社会,引领我们完成,并完善我们，Telos，的社会,必需是由信任，友爱及同志情谊所共构。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Another international conference on Afghanistan is to be held March 31 at the Hague, with Iran among the invited governments.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

An earlier leaders meeting had to be canceled after anti-government protesters stormed a key venue where the summit was due to be held.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

(Sound) As Nick Griffin arrived at the studios for the show, protesters had to be held back.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

This was the first Summit of the Americas to be held in a Caribbean nation, and was notable for a virtual absence of protesters.

VOA: standard.2009.04.19

A runoff election is supposed to be held two weeks after the final results are certified.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

If no candidate receives more than half of the total votes a run-off between the two top contenders is to be held in early October.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

It is scheduled to be held on September 24 and will be chaired by President Obama the first time a U.S.president has led a Security Council meeting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

The event is to be held in New Delhi in October next year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Special masses to remember the victims were also to be held later Saturday in Poland, a heavily Catholic nation, including in Warsaw and the city of Krakow.

VOA: standard.2010.04.10

Details of the discussion were not released. The president's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, says this is the second of five such meetings to be held over several weeks, to determine the best course in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Although he is focusing on specific cases of possible police misconduct, Nick Hardwick said there is a great need for a much larger debate to be held in the country regarding the correct balance between security and liberty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.21

But the U.S.reaction to Thursday's attack was at an unusually high level, with both President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issuing written statements expressing sympathy to the families of victims and calling for the attackers to be held accountable.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Crowley said the Obama administration wants the meeting - presumably at the level of Foreign Ministry political directors to be held as soon as possible, so that P5+1 leaders can assess Iran's readiness to deal with the nuclear issue in their discussions at the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

For example, working women used to be shown mostly as nurses or teachers, because those were the jobs that many held in real life.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

"The Iranian government must now demonstrate through deeds its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Many senators are worried that the 240 detainees held there could be transferred to prisons in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Prime Minister Brown leads the Labor party, which used to be headed by Tony Blair and has held power for 13 years.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

"Never again will the American taxpayer be held hostage by a bank that is too big to fail,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.21

Hatoyama is expected to be formally elected prime minister in a special session of parliament, which must be held within 30 days.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31