Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Play them in order and make sure that your thumb , which holds down the root of the G chords , also deadens the A string … |
| 2 | He is best imagined as an old-fashioned sawbones before the invention of anaesthetics , carving away placidly while an assistant holds down the screaming patient . |
| 3 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 4 | One holds up the east-west streets . |
| 5 | To help out , the second player holds up the mirror so that the first player can see his reflection . |
| 6 | She , too , holds up the spoon and tries to tempt me . |
| 7 | And no , I do n't think it holds up the action . |
| 8 | Early of Ely and Family ’ ( 1771 ) in which the richly clad Earl , the Countess and their two musical daughters sway elegantly in front of an idealised Greek temple set in their newly designed gardens while a small African boy dressed in a combination of Turkish and Indian costume holds up the Earl 's diadem , curiously peering round the Countess to look up at his owner . |
| 9 | Lucker holds up the keys . |
| 10 | She came in eighth on January 6 after encountering unfavourable winds and suffering a broken forestay — part of the rigging that holds up the mast — in common with other competitors . |
| 11 | Like a detective displaying the only clues in a case in which he has become personally involved , he holds out the croci with a shrug of quiet resolve . |
| 12 | After a three-day crisis meeting , the Communist Party Central Committee revealed an ‘ action programme for renewal ’ which holds out the prospect of free elections , a democratic coalition government and parliamentary investigations into malpractices and abuses of power . |
| 13 | It holds out the promise of swifter verdicts . |
| 14 | It holds out the promise of swifter verdicts . |
| 15 | The city also holds out the hope of a better education for the migrants ' children , urban facilities , modern consumer goods and a variety of cheap diversions . |
| 16 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 17 | Although Mill may have been thinking of the romantic poet speaking gloomily to himself , here Leapor holds out the prospect of good gossip , and the reader is set to overhear the conversation : |
| 18 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 19 | The most appropriate technology for many people will be one that helps a country to organise a postal system so that stamps are available , to bring radio within everyone 's reach and that holds out the possibility of early telephone links . |
| 20 | The letter states that efforts will be made to create a ‘ fair distribution ’ of press releases , and holds out the olive-branch of club membership before the next company-reporting season in November . |
| 21 | The dream of ‘ my own house ’ holds out the prospect of perfect satisfaction with housework . |
| 22 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 23 | This work holds out the promise of a much wider project : |
| 24 | Any programme that holds out the hope of eradicating the underclass must be built on the foundation of re-establishing full employment . |
| 25 | The ‘ high profile ’ that this gives Owen provides the satisfaction that he requires and in addition holds out the prospect of career advancement . |
| 26 | She holds out the tray . |
| 27 | Bill holds out the hanky . |
| 28 | The import of data from molecular and genetic databases also holds out the promise of revitalising classical taxonomy using molecular systematics and DNA-probe analysis . |
| 29 | The New Europe holds out the hope of a better life for Europe 's people — with all that implies for cultural and social enrichment as well as industrial modernisation , environmental protection and an improved standard of living . |
| 30 | And while the performance of the Alpine is in the supercar league , the cost of using it , in terms of comfort , running costs and fuel economy , is definitely not — which holds out the enticing prospect of accomplishing long , fast continental journeys in great comfort and 25 mpg economy . |