Example sentences of "[noun] hold [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authors hold out the hope that at a future date , when the processes involved are better understood , the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed . |
| 2 | Strings secured to the timber edgings hold down the polythene cover . |
| 3 | England hold off the Irish |
| 4 | Iraq , January 25 : Relatives hold up an Iraqi child injured in Allied Bombing raids on Baghdad . |
| 5 | Riva hold up a hand . |
| 6 | Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines . |
| 7 | There is still tremendous distrust and infighting between and even among clans , with each claiming hold over a particular region of the country . |
| 8 | Teachers should be aware , particularly of that aspect , I think , because phonic method is very often used in schools , by which I mean that the teacher wil hold up a flash card , and on it would be a pair of letters , say , suppose for example sh the teacher will hold up a large card with sh on it and will say to the class ‘ this is shuss ’ and the children will all say shuss whenever this card is held up — that 's fine , but the dyslexic pupil may not be seeing sh in the same way that the other children are . |
| 9 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
| 10 | New sluice gates hold out the sea water at high tides . |