Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against the implacable opposition of its lord , Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554 . |
| 2 | Emergency grain deliveries from Syria and the USA were reportedly held up on the Turkish border . |
| 3 | Negotiations for an estimated £1,500 million ( approximately equivalent to $2,700 million ) arms sale from the United Kingdom agreed in September 1988 [ see p. 36558 ] were initially held up following the Malaysian government 's request for extra landing rights at London 's Heathrow airport for the Malaysian Airline System , to which the UK government eventually acceded in March 1989 , leaving the way open for individual contracts to be signed . |
| 4 | The molecules are consequently held back in the liquid phase and the vapour pressure is lower . |
| 5 | ‘ The Renegades ’ from Dundalk certainly held on to the very end . |