Example sentences of "[noun] held [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dashed up the short front path at a run and shot through the door Meredith held open for him . |
| 2 | What held good for Stoke Poges held good for the Western Isles ; Kathleen Raine has given us a description , worthy of Thomas Gray , of the burial of an old Scotswoman : |
| 3 | I watched him jog off , the head held high for the first twenty yards , to promote oxygenation , then tucked in low as he measured out the rhythm of his pace . |
| 4 | Though intended primarily for adults , the advice held good for young refugees . |
| 5 | Under this , the EPA is responsible for cleaning up the most contaminated sites and then recovering the cost from the bodies held responsible for the contamination . |
| 6 | Its central feature was acceptance of the so-called mixed economy — that is , a capitalist framework within which state enterprise was tolerated and the government held responsible for managing the economy . |
| 7 | Ludwig Erhard , who succeeded Adenauer as Chancellor in October 1963 , was an experienced minister , the man held responsible for German economic success since 1949 , deeply committed to the US alliance and who , at 66 , could look forward to a long career as Chancellor — given the record of his predecessor . |
| 8 | This lack of significant difference between the proportions of RP cases and controls held true for the other histological categories as well , including even patients with definite Crohn 's disease ( Group E ) ( RP 13% , control 17% ) . |
| 9 | Sir Edward Woodville , the queen 's brother , was Admiral of the Fleet ; and the Marquis of Dorset , the queen 's elder son by her first marriage , was Constable of the Tower of London which housed the deceased king 's treasure and the vast store of armaments held ready for an invasion of France . |
| 10 | With boundless enthusiasm , topics ranging from chemiluminescence to polymerisation , and from dyeing to Tyndall scattering were explained , with vivid demonstrations and fascinating anecdotes to an audience held captivated for over 90 minutes . |
| 11 | The western end of the line held firm for most of the three centuries of the frontier zone 's history , although there were frequent Turkish raids into Carinthia , Carniola , Styria and Croatia . |
| 12 | Chris Patten has now joined me as a party chairman held responsible for winning an election by running a bad campaign ! |
| 13 | Mr James Wray held firm for Labour in Glasgow Provan . |