Example sentences of "hold [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be seen that audit firms with five or more audits hold 90% of the market , with a further 5% of the market taken by audit firms with a single listed client . |
| 2 | Large users include direct mail order suppliers ; financial organisations and building societies , which hold addresses for every account holder ; gas and electricity companies and TV rental companies which maintain customer accounting information ; multiple retailers who operate their own credit cards ; travel companies ; motor appliance and furniture manufacturers who retain addresses for warranty or guarantee Purposes ; manufacturers who obtain addresses from special on-pack promotion or coupon drops ; even charities and political parties . |
| 3 | Thus the 2n-bit register initially holding the dividend will , after division , hold R in the left-hand n bits and Q in the right-hand n bits . |
| 4 | Qualified insolvency practitioners are those who hold licences from the various authorised professional bodies ( such as those governing chartered accountants and certified accountants , The Law Society or the Insolvency Practitioners Association ) or from the Department of Trade . |
| 5 | At the present time Aran Onshore Ltd. and its partners are exploring an area in the Northwest Basin straddling the border with the Republic of Ireland , while Anvil Petroleum and Energy Sources ( N.l. ) hold licences in the Rathlin Basin in north Antrim and north Londonderry . |
| 6 | They also affect those — such as special-needs teachers or welfare assistants — who hold posts at the school but are not funded through the delegated school budget . |
| 7 | However , the lack of any popular interest in the subject , and the opposition of the local authority associations and of councillors who often hold posts in the constituency organizations of their parties , prevented any action . |
| 8 | Firms hold stocks for a variety of technical reasons , some intended , such as promoting the smooth flow of production , and some unintended , such as unplanned deviation between actual and expected sales . |
| 9 | Approximately 30,000 pupils , 6% of pupils in independent schools in England , hold places under the Assisted Places Scheme , which provides assistance with tuition fees and certain other expenses . |
| 10 | Neither the SOC forces nor the guerrilla forces made significant gains in terms of control of territory during August ; the SOC forces on the whole maintained their positions , while the guerrillas continued to launch attacks and hold positions for a few hours before retreating . |
| 11 | It is one in which a repertory with a large a cappella element is cultivated on a daily basis by men and ( usually ) boys , all of them relatively young , who hold positions in a cathedral or chapel ( often for a relatively short time ) for which there is much competition . |
| 12 | They already hold qualifications from the Institute of Chartered Bankers of Scotland . |
| 13 | Two pairs hold territory on the island . |
| 14 | They hold debates on a wide variety of topics , some of which are squeezed out of the Commons programme through lack of time . |
| 15 | His custodial view of the bunker brooks no criticism and , in this light , he hold Nakajima in the highest esteem . |
| 16 | We hold hands across the table in the coffee shop . |
| 17 | Hold hands with the person next to you . |
| 18 | You hold hands in a big circle round the fire — everybody together . |
| 19 | Like lovers , we simply hold hands in the silence . |
| 20 | Maybe the couple would kiss more frequently or hold hands in the street , or maybe she would make him supper when the children were in bed . |
| 21 | This is partly because only a proportion of hinds conceive in a given year and individual stags rarely hold harems throughout the whole breeding season , and partly because few stags breed successfully for more than four years . |
| 22 | Hold tomato in the palm of your hand and remove seeds with the handle of a teaspoon , then remove the core with the bowl of the spoon . |
| 23 | Blake , over a hundred years later , similarly perceived that true vision was : To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower , Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour . |
| 24 | Over a third of the Group 's 104,000 UK employees hold shares through the Staff Profit Sharing Scheme and have seen the value of the shares grow significantly over the last five years as a result of the company 's continued success . |
| 25 | RULE Number One : If you hold shares in a company that receives a take-over bid , never sell out early . |
| 26 | The judges extrapolated it from the fact that constables hold office under the Crown and are sworn to keep the peace . |
| 27 | In accordance with Article 115 of the Articles of Association they hold office until the Annual General Meeting when they offer themselves for election . |
| 28 | Hold samples in a bath with slowly running water for several minutes . |