Example sentences of "holding [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Canadian government body charged with holding down the cost of patented drugs is proposing amendments to its pricing guidelines at the same time a study shows that Canadian prices are often higher than the international median . |
| 2 | Punishment ranges from denying interviewers access to cabinet ministers to holding down the BBC 's licence fee , appointing suitable people to control both BBC and commercial broadcasting , and stimulating the public to accuse the broadcasters of bias . |
| 3 | Likewise , control clicking ( holding down the CTRL key while you click ) allows you to select multiple items for processing and shift clicking highlights everything from the last highlighted item to the one your pointer is over as you shift click . |
| 4 | Eventually passed on Dec. 20 the budget increased public spending by 5.3 per cent to F1,217,700 million , while holding down the budget deficit to F90,000 million , a reduction of F10,000 million from 1989 [ see p. 36707 ] . |
| 5 | The outcome reflected Western endorsement of the government 's economic policies ( and in particular its measures to foster private-sector growth while holding down the budget deficit ) , notwithstanding the concerns about the continuing war with the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( LTTE ) , and criticisms ( particularly from Canada ) of the government 's human rights record . |
| 6 | When you have four or five people you have a very set arrangement — like , he 's playing rhythm and you 're playing lead , so-and-so 's playing the backbeat and thingy 's holding down the chord patterns . |
| 7 | Then , while Leith was again holding down the urge to hit him , and seeing that he 'd prefer not to sack her without just cause — thereby deeply offending his cousin — he had bent and picked up his briefcase . |
| 8 | More than 1,000 women have been recalled for a repeat smear test after it was revealed Practice Nurse Ina Gordon used a wooden spatula designed for holding down the tongue instead of special metal spatulas made for the vital tests . |
| 9 | Move the mouse pointer to the top menu bar and select PATTERN by holding down the mouse button . |
| 10 | Move the magnified area up by holding down the mouse button on the up arrow and stop at row 39 . |
| 11 | Drag and Drop , a facility to move and copy text by selecting it and then holding down the mouse button , is now included . |
| 12 | By choosing one of the colours and holding down the shift key , you can then create your own colour , but rather than adding a new colour to the palette this replaces the original . |
| 13 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 14 | One six-year-old Our Gang refugee stood solemnly by the car , too-long pants concertinaed around his feet , holding up the officer 's revolver in both hands , covering the fat driver . |
| 15 | INDUSTRIAL wrangling over a new type of small floppy disc for storing data is holding up the development of useful portable computers . |
| 16 | It 's in what was obviously quite a nice terrace at one time , early Victorian or something , with big fat columns holding up the porches and railings on the street and steps leading to the basement . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll need some of this too , ’ I said , holding up the lip salve . |
| 18 | Holding up the suit bag , Ellie explained , ‘ I just came to leave this . ’ |
| 19 | Services of Thanksgiving were held in all churches and very well attended , and in cinemas when Mr Chamberlain was shown on Pathe News holding up the document , audiences stood and cheered . |
| 20 | The government attacks Labour 's vision of local government as municipal socialism , holding up the London boroughs of Lambeth and Haringey as examples . |
| 21 | A dispute with Telecom engineers is holding up the company 's first link in London , and Mercury 's first inter-city line — which should have been operating by now — will not open until next year . |
| 22 | She was holding up the collar of her blouse and gradually twisting it . |
| 23 | Everywhere he went in the tiny house he saw her : sitting at the table , sewing , on her knees , blackleading the grate , laughing at him as she handed him his cup of tea or coffee , and holding up the doll she had dressed for him to admire . |
| 24 | He started not only to print his addresses or charges but to review books of general interest ; to consider a book on diplomacy and war , and not to lose a chance of holding up the character of Asquith to admiration , or to contrast the laziness and drift of Stanley Baldwin as prime minister with the crusading fervour of a Gladstone . |
| 25 | They may spend Saturday night together , and as often as not you see the men holding up the bar with their pints and the women sitting at the tables with their shorts . |
| 26 | It is the question of how this transition takes place that is holding up the calling of an extraordinary general meeting for the purposes of formalising the arrangement . |
| 27 | This is followed by pushing the arms above the head , so that the cross breaks and the student appears to be holding up the ceiling . |
| 28 | Holding up the edge of the pillow with his left hand , Mungo reached under with his right to take out the striped pyjamas . |
| 29 | ‘ What 's your game then ? ’ asked the man , holding up the razor firmly . |
| 30 | He said he would look into a dispute which was holding up the release of Brussels cash to help build some factories on the site of the old Darlington forge . |