Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A useful test is to imagine that you are at a party and someone asks you what you are writing about : your answer will have to be short , coherent and sufficiently interesting to hold the attention of a listener who does not have to listen to you . |
| 2 | It would be much better to hold the moot , say , between 2 and 5 p.m . |
| 3 | In view of the devastation , the unemployment and the misery caused to our people , is it any wonder that the Prime Minister is so reluctant to hold the general election ? |
| 4 | So to that extent , it is not unreasonable to hold the courts largely responsible for the current crisis . |
| 5 | However , unlike solids , the attractive forces are not sufficient to hold the particles together in a regular structure . |
| 6 | Hardly able to hold the putter , he then knocked it three feet past ! ’ |
| 7 | He was hardly able to hold the putter . |
| 8 | While the panels normally take place in St Augustine 's in many instances it has been judged more beneficial to hold the meetings outside school ( e.g. in the secure wing of St Mary 's List D , at Rosevale school and at Larchgrove Assessment Centre ) . |
| 9 | Neither the husband nor the wife is solely entitled to hold the title deeds to the matrimonial home in joint names ; but , if either party does hold the title deeds , then that party does , of course , hold them as trustee for both the husband and the wife . |
| 10 | It may find it increasingly difficult to hold the Government to its promise of a 50-frigate Navy when the Warsaw Pact military threat is perceived to be diminishing . |
| 11 | It is then possible to hold the cord down quite firmly . |
| 12 | De Man 's writings on language theory , like his wartime journalism , merely remind us that it is sometimes important to hold the ventriloquist responsible for the pronouncements of his dummy . |
| 13 | It is certainly right to hold the inquiry but we should not expect too much from it . |
| 14 | My big mistake was pausing for that half-minute too long to hold the door open for the redheaded girl . |
| 15 | It had never mattered before , this world that was too big to hold the meanings . |