Example sentences of "[is] hold [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He does not require an imperative to make him avoid the sickness from the thought of which he already shrinks in nausea ; what he has to force himself to do is hold on to the fact that sickness is the likely outcome of yielding to temptation .
2 Data is held temporarily within the cache until either a time delay expires , the computer is idle or the cache becomes full .
3 When the individual cells are placed end to end , the positive terminal of the lower battery is held away from the base of the upper one .
4 Easiest to handle is one with a swan neck , where the blade is held away from the end of the handle by a curved shaft .
5 In use , the pack is held on to the tool by a single metal strap , but the pack is recessed so far into the machine that this was perfectly stable .
6 This is held up as the norm , even though only ‘ weak ’ characters follow these restrictions fully throughout their lives !
7 LABOUR OF LOVE A sludge-grey turbot is held proudly against the plastic overalls of a fish gutter in Newlyn market .
8 According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions .
9 Note that this is of limited use as it implies that the data is held only in the index or in the main file .
10 Since such a cultural repertoire is held only in the memory it is subject to constant change according to the new interests of the moment ‘ and whatever parts of it have ceased to be of contemporary relevance are likely to be eliminated by the process of forgetting ’ ( ibid. p. 30 ) .
11 Too often , however , the academic progress of the gifted child is held back by the way classrooms and teaching are organised .
12 Leaving bridle line ‘ C ’ slack , pull on the connector ring ( sometimes a snap and swivel is fitted instead ) so that lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ are taut and the ring is held down at the level of the rear cross-spar .
13 When you 're beating it does n't matter because the boom is held down by the mainsheet .
14 Each activity has a main subject focus , though ( i ) it is held together by the history theme of the project , and ( ii ) it will not be exclusively mono-subject based .
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