Example sentences of "[noun pl] hold [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Megarry J in Spens v IRC ( 1970 ) 46 TC 276 at p285 stated : … where a trustee who receives income from investments holds those investments on trust for a life tenant , each sum received by the trustees is for surtax purposes the income of the life tenant as soon as it is received , for it is forthwith under the life tenant 's control . |
| 2 | By now , the case of Sumner v. Virgin had dragged on in the law courts for eleven days , with the two parties holding each other up in the centre of the ring like panting heavyweights , while the legal fees gushed forth like blood from the wounds . |
| 3 | The hoarse foreign words held such a depth of emotion that she pulled back to stare into his eyes . |
| 4 | Information on reserve collections is not held centrally , but most major national and local authority-run museums and galleries hold such collections . |
| 5 | Few Keynesians hold this extreme position today . |
| 6 | Given that the main impetus behind EMU is the desire of the French to get a seat on the Bundesbank , and given the fact that the Germans hold all the aces , this is hardly surprising . |
| 7 | Nowadays few youngsters hold such innocent misconceptions . |
| 8 | The situation is modified when records are stored in buckets holding several records , but synonyms still occur . |
| 9 | But there 's always some manner in which we ca n't quite break free , and most of us will find ourselves one shocked moment holding a girlfriend or boyfriend in the way we 've seen our parents holding each other for years . |
| 10 | These changes have been made because , when the original Regulations were drafted , they failed to require non-qualifying trusts to hold any shares at all . |
| 11 | Those most coveted were the ones with pockets to hold all the valuables salvaged and brought away in fists . |
| 12 | In all the eighteenth century none of the archbishops held such a post . |
| 13 | Again , an analysis of the lesser offices of bailli , prévôt and constable ( of a castle ) between 1254 and 1307 reveals that at least sixty-one identifiable Gascon nobles held these offices , as against a mere nineteen English or Anglo-Normans , of whom ten were appointed by Simon de Montfort and the Lord Edward in a single year ( 1253–4 ) . |
| 14 | Variable and strong low-level winds held most of the individual smoke plumes below an altitude of 3–4 km within a few hundred kilometres of their oilfield sources . |
| 15 | However , rather than serving to dissuade us from finding some base for the notion of students ' academic freedom , the epistemological grounding of the German universities holds some definite clues that are worth pursuing . |
| 16 | Banks ' balances with the Bank of England will be little affected , but to the extent that banks hold fewer bills , there will be ( ceteris paribus ) a reduction in their liquidity . |
| 17 | ANGLO United , the Coalite smokeless-fuel distributor , yesterday confirmed a financial restructuring which leaves banks holding half its shares . |
| 18 | Firms or individuals holding such personal data on living people are required to register with the Data Protection Registrar unless the information they hold is only involved in preparing the text of documents . |
| 19 | Stretch up gently for 10 counts holding each count for 1 second . |
| 20 | Burly , fearsome robots held all four of the intruders inflexibly . |
| 21 | Extend both legs forwards and squeeze them together 30 times holding each squeeze for 1 second . |
| 22 | Repeat 30 times holding each repetition for 1 second . |
| 23 | Confiscating savings has long been a demand of the most reactionary groups who think that all private business is conducted by ‘ the mafia ’ , which the confiscation is supposed to hurt ( actually , the most criminalised businesses hold much of their savings in dollars and gold ) . |
| 24 | Astrologer Carol Morris looks at what the heavens hold this week |
| 25 | Astrologer Carol Morris looks at what the heavens hold this week |
| 26 | There is , basically , a class conflict in which the owners hold most of the cards . |
| 27 | Check the filter is working efficiently , as warmer waters hold less oxygen than cooler waters and anything that will place additional stress on the fish should be avoided . |
| 28 | If persons holding such views are sufficiently powerful in a state , they may be able to prevent ratification of the ERA by that state |
| 29 | My institute would wish for it 's concern that having striven to establish the statutory qualification , the Diploma in Trading Standards , and consequently persuading employing authorities as officers holding that qualification use the title Trading Standards Officers now sees the potential of confusion . |
| 30 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |