Example sentences of "[adv] hold the [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea has been floated by Stanford University and the University of California , which together hold the patent on the Stanford procedure for gene-splicing developed by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen . |
| 2 | On the other hand , strength at sea would help displace the Portuguese who had gained control of the Indian Ocean a century earlier , and this would please the Emperor ; accordingly the East India Company armed its ships heavily enough to hold the sea against the Portuguese and against the local pirates . |
| 3 | An index register normally holds the offset of the current element within the vector , and needs suitable modification between iterations of the loop . |
| 4 | People as diverse as the Communist Palme Dutt and the Tory Hugh Cecil concluded that Britain no longer held the key to the world situation . |
| 5 | Mr Lewis apart , however , the other guests , perhaps through awe , perhaps through a sense of antagonism , kept a wary distance from M. Dupont , a fact that was conspicuous even in that generally guarded atmosphere , and which seemed to underline all the more the feeling that it was M. Dupont who somehow held the key to the outcome of the following days . |
| 6 | Lord Leverhulme 's aphorism still holds the key to the Lewis problem . |
| 7 | This great medieval church still holds the shrine of the Three Wise Men , taken there by Barbarossa 's Chancellor Rainald von Dassell . |
| 8 | BEHIND their closed doors and curtained windows , the sizeable minority of undecided Darlington voters still hold the key to the result of this vital marginal seat . |
| 9 | Well , if you sent your money fairly recently , it 's probably still sitting in their offices unopened — Turbosoft still hold the lease on the building , and until it 's taken over by another company the GPO have no authority to recover and redirect mail . |
| 10 | Shifting his attention to David , who was still holding the boy by the scruff of his shirt collar , he told him solemnly , ‘ He 's different from you , is n't he ? |
| 11 | Still holding the jug by the handle but not lifting it yet , she said , ‘ I have never been able to understand why small children are so disgusting . |
| 12 | I 'm still holding the fiver in the bottle because it bloody well wo n't unfurl . |
| 13 | A FATHER yesterday held the hand of the daughter he thought had been killed in a plane crash . |
| 14 | Where were the classic murders that had once held the attention of the world ? |
| 15 | Sharpe urged the black stallion on , but the footing under the rye was treacherous ; the soil was damp and still held the shape of the plough furrows , and the stallion could not match the Frenchman 's speed on the paved road . |
| 16 | Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 . |
| 17 | George also holds the record for the number of goals scored in a single season from the flank with a fabulous 22 goals in 1927–28 . |
| 18 | GRiD also holds the Patent on the idea of a fold-up screen which is part of every laptop , or notebook computer . |
| 19 | Sinatra also held the rights to the movie and withdrew it from the public domain shortly after release because it closely shadowed the Kennedy assassination . |
| 20 | The vicar also held the chaplaincy of the deserted hamlet of Horn in plurality , but it yielded only a trifling 13s. 4d. , and he seems to have had no other benefice . |
| 21 | The crafty Edison also held the patent on the light bulb . |
| 22 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 23 | Further enquiry into Pardy 's activities might well hold the clue to the truth . |
| 24 | Then hold the receiver in the hole to determine if your ferret is slightly to one side or the other . |
| 25 | Hold the moulding firmly against the far side of the mitre box with one hand and then hold the saw in the other hand and draw it diagonally across the moulding to cut the mitre . |
| 26 | He steadied it with one hand whilst with the other he slammed the doors , then holding the handle of the basket , he tottered away . |
| 27 | If it did , and even allowing for Melby 's overwhelming dilemma , it is a little surprising to read his conclusion that , if the French were really serious about decolonization and that if military force was properly applied , they could at least hold the lid on the Indo-Chinese kettle for the predictable if only relatively limited future . |
| 28 | Insurance policies , wise investments , sensible diets and burglar alarms : if only we can lay down enough of them , the reasoning goes , we can maybe hold the fort against the chaos that rages outside . |
| 29 | He had earlier held the blade to the throat of shopkeeper 's nephew Gursawak Singh , 19 , and snarled : ‘ Tell the police I have got a hostage . ’ |
| 30 | James poured , then held the spout of the jug over Cameron 's glass . |