Example sentences of "who [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end she proved , and many women police officers are proving , that it is now the men who are holding on to their apron strings . |
| 2 | ‘ The terrorists who are holding thirteen-year-old Liam Shakespeare hostage in his home in Shelley Grove have announced that they are members of Free People , the left-wing revolutionary group that aims to ‘ break the tyranny of the blood tie and abolish the out-dated family unit . '' ’ |
| 3 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 4 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before I expressed an opinion . |
| 5 | This leaves those who are holding out for more in a very unfavourable position . |
| 6 | But the real hub of the problem is not a personality but the French farmers who are holding the world to ransom . |
| 7 | This month , the males of planet Earth will divide into two groups : those who are making a bid for supreme power , and those who are holding their ground against such bids . |
| 8 | ‘ I represent those who are holding her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I represent those who are holding your daughter , Mrs Abberley . ’ |
| 10 | I represent those who are holding — ’ |
| 11 | All the words were in place — ‘ I would not wish this on my worst enemy ’ ; ‘ Sam 's safety is my only concern ’ ; ‘ I appeal to the public to help in any way they can ’ ; ‘ I beg those who are holding her to let her go ’ — but the heart seemed strangely absent . |
| 12 | ‘ I represent those who are holding your niece , Miss Ladram . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder if on some distant planet there are creatures who are holding their sides at the prospect of us hurling plates at each other . ’ |
| 14 | If I thought that the present case raised the question which has been held in suspense by more than one writer on constitutional law — namely , whether an assembly can properly be held to be unlawful merely because the holding of it is expected to give rise to a breach of the peace on the part of persons opposed to those who are holding the meeting — I should wish to hear much more argument before expressing an opinion . |
| 15 | First , the authority being held accountable must genuinely be in authority and , second , those who are holding it accountable should command the sanctions with which to make their wishes effective . |
| 16 | THERE are some movie stars in the minor league who are held in almost as great affection by film fans as the major ones . |
| 17 | That it is a struggle is evidenced both by the substance of God 's commandments to his people , and by the experience of those who are held . |
| 18 | Under retributive justice punishment is justified because it is ‘ deserved ’ by free , choice-making individuals who are held responsible for their actions . |
| 19 | Statements D and E offer alternative views of racism as goal-directed behaviour on the part of groups who are held to have an intrinsic interest in pursuing these ends . |
| 20 | Their aim is to give aid to groups of people who are held to be disadvantaged for any reason — because of ethnic origin , sex , sexual preference , age , unemployment or any kind of disability . |
| 21 | ‘ But we 've been with Terry and Tom who are held by Jihad Islami , yes ? ’ |
| 22 | Capital money was , however , always to be paid , not to the life tenant , but to trustees , who were to hold the money upon the same trusts as those upon which the land had been held . |
| 23 | The incident at Nadirpur 's apartment had clearly brought home to Chantal the sort of people who were holding her fiancé in Beirut . |
| 24 | On Oct. 25 , the USSR Supreme Soviet appealed to republics who were holding back from signing the economic community treaty , saying that " the chaotic disintegration of the republics of the former union may further destabilize the situation and exacerbate interrepublican relations " . |
| 25 | The purpose here was to deal quickly and effectively with landowners who were holding up development . |
| 26 | He was only gone a minute , and when he returned , it was with a couple in their fifties who were holding hands as if they were desperately hanging on to reality . |
| 27 | Instead of targeting those who were holding up relief convoys , he said , the UN was targeting the action against hungry people . |
| 28 | He added that the freeing of Americans and others who were held hostage by Dignity Battalion gunmen would be ‘ a priority for us today ’ . |
| 29 | Indeed , the Government has already agreed that the Directive applies , in a High Court action brought by college lecturers who were held to have been automatically transferred with their rights from the employment of local authorities to the new Further Education Corporations . |
| 30 | But McCarthy and Waite , who were held by terrorists for five years , refused to co-operate with Granada and accused them of ‘ pure fiction ’ . |