Preposition: of

• inquest: This can lead to lengthy delays in the holding of an inquest.

• referendum: The holding of a referendum is no longer considered a taboo.

Noun used with modifier

• equity: Only 45 HEIs declared equity holdings, totalling almost £ 194 million.

• mainstage: Totally free to the music lovers of Geneva with apparently 40,000 turning up on site and the mainstage holding about 5-6000.

• manuscript: The research for the book draws extensively on archive sources, especially the manuscript holdings on the Abbey at the National Library of Ireland.

• land: I give a table of land holdings in the village.

• stock: All catering equipment is stored in our stock holding facility, which holds over 8,000 catering items.

Adjective modifier

• archival: Archival holdings are usually unique documents, which can also be fragile.

• agricultural: In 1999 there were over 17 thousand agricultural holdings, nearly 10 thousand of which were arable.

• periodical: The periodical holdings of all the sites are listed within the library catalog.

• horticultural: In the UK, the average size of horticultural holdings is 16 hectares.

• extensive: The conservation agencies and others have extensive data holdings coded using the NVC.

• fissile: All States should increase transparency and security of their fissile material holdings.

Modifies a noun

• midfielder: But to place him as our main holding midfielder after he had played his entire career as a striker was an utterly ridiculous decision.

• tank: Toilets All boats are fitted with the latest fresh water flushing vitreous china toilets with large holding tanks.

• midfield: SAF opted to rest Roy Keane and instead played Smith in the holding midfield role.

• trustee: Sometimes a charity also has a custodian trustee or holding trustees.

• company: Egg plc is the holding company of the Egg group.

• deposit: At the same time you will be required to hand over between 5-10 % holding deposit.

Preposition: in

• beak: CREST: On a Wreath of the Colors upon Waves of Water a Swan holding in the beak an Eel all proper.