Example sentences of "[be] hold [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seeing Anthea each day would be a constant reminder , and neither woman could deny that the masks of civility each had been holding up to the other for months were now trampled underfoot . |
| 2 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 3 | At least that way there is no way you can be held back by the so-called ‘ glass ceiling ’ — the phrase coined in the United States to describe the invisible barriers that allow women to rise only so far in an organisation . |
| 4 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 5 | This is being held in at the Irish Centre on York Road in Leeds and is an informal chance to chat with current members of that group . |
| 6 | He says that the fire is being held in by the collapsed roof , they want to let air get to it so it will burn itself out . |
| 7 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |
| 8 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 9 | Two of the government 's most important objectives are to reduce the proportion of the nation 's wealth consumed by the public sector and to reduce the extent to which individuals are held back by the public sector … |
| 10 | The measure had been approved by the lower chamber on Dec. 1 , but had been held up in the upper house where the LDP lacked an overall majority . |
| 11 | It is the first time since 1987 that the race has been held over onto the standby day . |
| 12 | The British troops were powerless to stop last night 's shootings after the convoy was held up near the Bosnian town of Novi Travnik by a crowd of women and children . |
| 13 | It was held in with the present public excluded but now we seem to have a completely different situation . |
| 14 | Although she had never read any of his books , she was well aware of the high regard he was held in in the literary world . |