Example sentences of "hold in the " in BNC.

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1 A SUBDUED , tearful Mrs Winnie Mandela announced her resignation yesterday as head of the African National Congress 's social welfare department , the highest office she holds in the organisation .
2 We support its major industries and way of life , while recognising the place it holds in the hearts of those who live in towns .
3 1After the first few days , when I come into the room , Birdie is down on the floor of the cage , running back and forth , looking out over the barrier that holds in the gravel .
4 Organisational authority refers to the scope and amount of discretion given to a person to make decisions , by virtue of the position he or she holds in the organisation .
5 This refers to the authority conferred on a manager because of the position he holds in the organisation 's hierarchy and the extent to which authority has been delegated .
6 Note the recessed sheet tail bags and the foot holds in the cockpit seats
7 This result holds in the model below .
8 Rainbow indicates the object that Riva holds in the palm of her hand .
9 But , because of the position he holds in the community
10 If it was not for the Grand Slam tournaments and the unique place they hold in the game , I am sure we would be losing this vital battle . ’
11 The Hill Samuel plan envisages splitting off the UK naval and avionics businesses and giving shareholders one share in the new company for every share they hold in the existing organisation .
12 In its takeover deal Australian Mutual Provident is offering 605p in cash for each share investors hold in the Pearl .
13 Do not forget the significance of any shares that you hold in the company or any rights that you have under a share incentive scheme .
14 Their holders would adopt the same position of relative irrelevance that they hold in the republican democracies of Europe .
15 Hold in the ball of your hand , and dispense with your thumb
16 The second case concerns a somewhat lesser man : Guillaume-Sanche de Pommiers , damoiseau , who spoke on behalf of his two co-heirs and co-seigneurs , pierre and Pierre-Amanieu de Pommiers , when he acknowledged that they ‘ held in fee , immediately from the … king of England , lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine , the castle of Pommiers with the honour , and all that these co-heirs hold in the parishes of Morizès and Escaude , and at Tremblet , and the toll which they levy on land at Garges , near La Réole ’ .
17 It consists of notes and coin ( both in circulation and in banks ' tills ) , and the operational balances that banks hold in the Bank of England .
18 The deal , part of BP 's plan to sell all of its worldwide coal assets , includes a 88.5 per cent holding in the South African Middelburg Mine Joint Venture .
19 VOLVO is taking a £2.4billion stake in the Swedish state-controlled industrial conglomerate , Procordia , in exchange for the motor giant 's Provendor food division and a 29 per cent holding in the Pharmacia drugs company .
20 a game played by holding in the closed hand one or two items , the other player having to guess at the number .
21 Thrust your elbows back 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
22 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
23 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
24 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
25 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
26 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
27 With arms bent at shoulder level , thrust your elbows back 20 times holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
28 Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 25 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition .
29 A proper budding knife will be required — a penknife is no good at all — which is like a planting trowel in that both ends are used and the handle is not just for holding in the hand .
30 If you have kept the elastic stretched enough you should be able to now lift your restraining thumb and use two hands to wrap the elastic round and round , working up to the eye and past it , holding in the lapels firmly under the stretched elastic .
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