Example sentences of "[noun] hold [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glossy finishes hold no fascination for potter Toff Milway ( here with his son Hugh in his Gloucestershire studio ) . |
| 2 | I have asked that the United Nations hold a conference this month to ensure that the UNHCR 's vital work continues not only in Iraq but in helping all the people who so desperately need our assistance . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The old man and the sea : more than 50 windsurfers in the Pripps Energy Tiree Wave Classic in the Hebrides hold the attention of an island crofter . |
| 5 | Although I do not develop this aspect of the analysis here , I also suggest that the images or metaphors which are applied to define racism by analogy hold the key to understanding people 's emotional investment in antiracist positions . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For the very young , like four year old Rebecca , the pumpkin lanterns hold no fear … just wide eyed wonderment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The solicitors and representatives of the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee hold a press conference in a Kirkwall night club . |
| 11 | Members are again advised that when they are consulted by a client who requires legal aid for the purpose of proceedings in the English courts , they should ( subject to the above observations about legal advice and assistance on English matters ) confine themselves to assisting the client to complete the English form of application ( the Central Committee hold a supply of these ) . |
| 12 | Adjustable straps on the pockets hold the mattress in position . |
| 13 | The tins hold the heat . ’ |
| 14 | The sequence bits of a micro-instruction hold the address of the next instruction to be executed , and this field is gated into the SAR of the control store at the beginning of the next micro-instruction cycle . |
| 15 | Campaigns in defence of education , the health service , and against the poll tax hold the potential to unite large sections of the population . |
| 16 | Forming the pinch pleats Hold the centre of the single pleat and press it towards the stitching line behind , to form three separate pleats of equal size . |
| 17 | The hair was black , cropped short , the mouth looked like a casket holding mighty documents , and the eyes — the eyes were blue like electric shock-waves and held Lee as the eyes of an O'Toole or Cooper hold the audience when in close-up , like magnets , obliterating backdrops , Chinese plains , crazy broads , plots , accompanying scores , Orson Welles , everything . |
| 18 | Cutting angle adjustment is very easy on the SA55 E. Plastic indentations hold the plate at 45° either way , if needed |
| 19 | Clinvest avoids firms in which other banks hold a stake : it wants to be on its own , so that it can be more influential . |
| 20 | The fact that banks hold a number of fairly liquid assets , such as money at call , bills of exchange and short-dated bonds , makes it difficult to identify a simple liquidity ratio . |
| 21 | And the eyes in his paintings hold the key to the psychologically charged atmosphere . |
| 22 | Similarly , the interest of one party can be increased ( for instance , where the husband and wife hold the property as tenants in common and it is agreed , or ordered by the court , that the wife 's share should be increased ) . |
| 23 | Careerists in these positions hold no hope for us , we have seen the attacks from Labour as well as the Conservatives . |
| 24 | In the painting the shelves in the tree hold a candle , pyramid and worms ; in the advertisement they are substituted by bottles of perfume . |
| 25 | It is this covenant which ordains that the Christian Maronites hold the presidency , the leadership of the army and the head of the judiciary while Sunni Muslims provide the prime minister and Shia Muslims the speaker of the Lebanese parliament . |
| 26 | Thus in France decrees of 1853 and 1856 , which repeated an earlier one of 1844 , demanded that recruits to the diplomatic service hold a licence en droit , while the Belgian government in 1858 made a university degree essential for admission . |
| 27 | Two screws hold the guard in the optimum position , the open sides pointing directly away from the body of the machine . |
| 28 | Two screws hold the blade in position and only require a full turn with the screwdriver to loosen the mechanism |
| 29 | A lease , because of the involvement of the landlord ( who is not or who at any rate in his capacity as landlord is not a member of the firm ) , needs not only an appropriate declaration that the named partners joined as lessees hold the term on trust but also : ( a ) a declaration that possession of the demised premises by partners who are not trustees of the lease shall not by itself constitute a breach of the usual covenants against parting with or sharing possession ; ( b ) a provision which dispenses with the landlord 's consent ( or makes it automatic ) to an assignment of the demised premises to partners other than the original lessees or to the vesting of the premises in new trustees for the firm . |
| 30 | A properly drafted lease will ensure that the lessor can not object to such formal assignment and will expressly provide that the named lessees hold the term for the partnership . |