Example sentences of "the [noun] held back " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the chances of Paris opening the decade with a momentous show were always dashed when the Germans held back the three most significant new cars still due this year — the new Audi 100 and BMW 3-series in a matter of weeks and the Mercedes S-Class by months . |
| 2 | The Communists held back from such attempts to draw the Liberal Party into a People 's Front . |
| 3 | Sadly one has to conclude , if the illustrations of lessons reported in the published text are anything to go by ( and one can hardly conceive that the team held back good lessons ) then we still have a long way to go before we can claim with confidence that drama on the curriculum guarantees good education . |
| 4 | The clan held back politely as he swaggered down after the others into the sheltered hollow . |
| 5 | So the government held back from imposing a duty on auditors to seek out fraud , malpractice and wrong doing . |
| 6 | On Tuesday night , the company held back from issuing dismissal notices until after yesterday 's meeting , but Mr McLevy said there had been an overwhelming vote , with only four against , to reject the Timex proposals . |