Example sentences of "[noun pl] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have seen that monetarists hold the view that inflation is caused by excessive money supply growth and that attempts to reduce unemployment below the NUP will be futile in the long-run because the long-run Phillips curve is vertical . |
| 2 | The physiotherapist , without shoes , places her feet over the patient 's ankles to stabilize his feet , while her knees hold the outer sides of his lower legs , and her chest supports his seat . |
| 3 | Stakes set in cut-out notches hold the steps firmly |
| 4 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 5 | A very short separate " Declaration of Trust " ( because such matters can not be referred to in the entries on the Register ) to the effect that the parties hold the property and the proceeds thereof in trust for themselves as tenants in common in whatever proportions may have been agreed between them . |
| 6 | Oh , they were my daily joy , Dirty Dick , Harry , Bert , Prickwillow , working on the green baize under the bench lights , the elastic band round the grey heads holding the jeweller 's eyeglass or checking their tolerances with the white-coated draughtsmen , or rouging the last tenth of a thou from a newly-turned and bored brass centimetric attenuator . |
| 7 | Electoral reform can , it seems , be realistically expected only when it is initiated by a minority Conservative or Labour government as the price of survival exacted by a party or combination of parties holding the balance of power . |
| 8 | 2 If a future Parliament is " hung " with the centre parties holding the balance of power between Conservative and Labour then the Liberals and Social Democrats have made it clear that the price of their giving support to any minority government would be a binding agreement to introduce proportional representation . |
| 9 | ‘ You do not need to , ’ said Fergus , his eyes holding the golden ones . |
| 10 | Above all , leaving the house up on its pier blocks which , a year before , Bob Shephard had supplemented with bell-shaped concrete piers filled with revar and crowned with metal ties holding the house down . |
| 11 | Lips holding the promise of an aw-shucks smile , and flirting with every syllable . |
| 12 | Erm , speakers holding the floor and the next bit . |
| 13 | Ianthe hurried down the library steps holding the flowers to her face . |
| 14 | Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City . |
| 15 | There are commercially produced stands or easels to hold the papers , but a home-made version is cheap and easily stored . |
| 16 | Let the eyes hold the spotlight and keep lips muted with soft pink or peach . |
| 17 | Top quality mattresses are also hand side-stitched — this will look like rows of dimples around the borders to hold the springs firmly in place at the edges and to strengthen the border . |
| 18 | ‘ I advise our dear people and all Muslim nations to hold the international Qods Day ceremonies this year more warmly and enthusiastically than in previous years , ’ he said in the broadcast monitored in Nicosia . |
| 19 | Castile itself had been named after the fortresses built along the border between Christian and Moslem Spain , and essentially those who held these castles held the greatest degree of control over the lands on either side . |
| 20 | Elizabeth 's eyes held the key to her sparkle and now that they were closed , she looked so wan and frail that his throat constricted with fear . |
| 21 | He was dark like Burun , but his eyes held the remembrance of Kiku . |
| 22 | The sharp black eyes held the grey . |
| 23 | And , gentle though it was , the touch of his lips held the seed in it of all the passion they had shared — and would share , she knew now , in the future . |
| 24 | The first two cars held the coffin ( solid bronze with 24-carat gold-plated hardware ) and several close members of the family . |
| 25 | Such tech gangs held the frontier between the tangled civilization above and the bestiality beneath . |
| 26 | Delightful phrases brighten his text , as ‘ midnight murkiness , ’ ‘ visionary gratification , ’ ‘ delightful dingle , darkened by a profusion of oak trees , ’ ‘ useless hills , ’ ‘ uncontaminated nature , ’ ‘ picturesque assemblages ’ ( usually referring to trees , cottages and weather ) ; such words held the secrets of appreciating the Lake District in all its forms . |
| 27 | When the book is closed , the cords hold the papers tightly and there is little chance of tearing . |
| 28 | Stiff suits hold the men erect in family groups . |
| 29 | Yet realistically this dilemma is likely to be brief as long as employers hold the key to one 's livelihood rather than the professional association . |
| 30 | The White Lions hold the passes in the broken Northlands of Chrace against the constant incursions of the Dark Elves . |