Example sentences of "[noun] held [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major significance of the Government 's changes is highlighted by the fact that , whereas SERPS held out the prospect of guaranteeing every pensioner an income above the supplementary pension level , no Government minister had felt able to give a similar guarantee for the Thatcher pension reform . |
| 2 | Travis held up the Thermos and Paige nodded , proffering her cup , cradling it in her hands a while to savour the warmth and aroma . |
| 3 | Nellie held out the frame . |
| 4 | Rex held up the crud 's wrist . |
| 5 | The question was left open in Davies v Flackett [ 1973 ] RTR 8 , where the accused drove off without paying from a car park while a stranger held up the barrier . |
| 6 | Alternatively Aischines ' charge of ‘ bribery ’ could refer to vaguer but still politically valuable arrangements whereby the habitués of the ancient equivalent of the left-wing coffee-shop in a deme agreed to put forward no candidates in one year provided the right-wing coffee-shop held back the following year . |
| 7 | The 1971 census showed that the relevant postcode sector held almost the highest proportion ( 23% ) of residents not born in Scotland of any sector in the rural high oil worker category , and indeed one of the highest in Scotland . |
| 8 | Cornelius held up the object . |
| 9 | Loretta held up the tickets . |
| 10 | Katherine held back the tears with difficulty . |
| 11 | Pete held out the clipboard . |
| 12 | The girl held out the bill for him . |
| 13 | The R.S.F. was equally adamant and for a while , the management held out the driver was responsible was to be reprimanded . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly the natural defences of the human body held out the greatest promise of further success , and undoubtedly , in England if not in the world , Sir Almroth Wright was the leading expert in devising ways of stimulating such defences . |
| 15 | The waiter held out the straw hat which had been left behind on a chair . |
| 16 | As Meryl held out the plate of petits-fours laughingly to Lee , she knew that someone was standing by her shoulder . |
| 17 | Josie held out the key . |
| 18 | Although people were endowed with different abilities and suffered varying degrees of misfortune , capitalism held out the promise that hard work and frugality would lead to increased prosperity for all those who wished to avail themselves of the opportunities it offered . |
| 19 | Mr Brooke held out the prospect after his Commons statement on Saturday 's IRA bombing of Musgrave Park Hospital in which two soldiers were killed and ll people injured . |
| 20 | Oliver held up the bottom of the pocket with one hand , as he had seen the Dodger hold it , and pulled the handkerchief lightly out of it with the other . |
| 21 | The same economic difficulties held up the last great station-building project in Canada . |
| 22 | Philip held out the paper that the chocolate bar Lee had given him had been wrapped in . |
| 23 | Miss Harker held out the chalk . |
| 24 | Ace held up the black lace provocatively by its straps , almost as if with humour he could defuse the situation between them . |
| 25 | For M Delors , a Labour government held out the hope of support for some of his budget proposals , which are set to cost the British taxpayer an extra £1 billion per year . |
| 26 | Pulling it from the table and scattering pins across the floor , Constance held up the half-finished garment . |
| 27 | Tuppe held up the photograph . |
| 28 | Belinda held up the box of tissues . |
| 29 | Barbara held out the mug . |
| 30 | While the Daily Star held out the glittering prospect of ‘ dark , damp , rat-infested dungeons in a medieval castle where troublemakers will be left to rot . ’ |