Example sentences of "hold [pron] [adj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New Zealand Story undoubtedly holds its own on the Master System — it 's extremely playable and very amusing . |
| 2 | The letter , from Oxfordshire County Council 's engineering department , said : ’ I understand you are the owner of the vehicle involved and therefore must inform you that the council holds you responsible for the costs of repairs arising from this incident . ’ |
| 3 | But should go to another factory and er hold your own in the factory you could expect to get the full money , which I did at twenty one . |
| 4 | ‘ We can win the Second Division and hold our own in the Premier . |
| 5 | Strict control on the police and military would include a code of conduct for the police , holding them responsible to the public , and mechanisms to investigate complaints against the police . |
| 6 | Pupils with defective sight are especially in need of the opportunity to look at objects at close range , holding them near to the eye and having time to gaze . |
| 7 | Her dreams were so vivid while the poem shimmered on her desk — signed , sealed , undelivered — that she had to catch herself from grabbing Lucy 's hands , kissing her right out in the street , holding her close at the end of each day , saying , come home , darling ; grabbing her and flinging her to the floor , ripping her clothes off , sinking into her breasts , fucking her like a sheet of flame . |
| 8 | Bowater 's annual results for 1991 , released yesterday , showed the group holding its own in the recession . |
| 9 | Holding its own in the space is a fine stove of 1760 . |
| 10 | In East Anglia , however , the traditional local seems to be holding its own in the face of what the guide calls ‘ crass money-making schemes ’ . |
| 11 | Some British industry is holding its own in the R&D expenditure tables . |
| 12 | Dunvant , whose ground was opened by Swansea nearly 20 years ago , at least had the satisfaction of holding their own after the interval . |
| 13 | NORTHERN Ireland 's weekly newspapers seem to be holding their own in the recession but admit to having to work hard to earn every penny . |
| 14 | We tend to think of the reptiles as somehow past their ‘ prime ’ , but it would be more accurate to say that they had been displaced from the top jobs in nature , while more than holding their own in the shop floor . |
| 15 | As Dispensary physician almost the whole burden of the epidemic fell on his shoulders and the women of Aberdeen turned against him , holding him responsible for the facts he revealed , and disputing his fervent belief in the efficacy of purging and heavy bleeding which were ‘ repugnant to popular opinion ’ . |
| 16 | He moved to the side , kissing away her soft protest and holding her close to the warmth of his body . |
| 17 | Tolonen gave a short laugh then glanced briefly at the Captain , before taking the clipboard back from his daughter and holding it open at the place she indicated . |
| 18 | I 've just been looking at the end-May figures and notice we 're just about holding our own on the Gesamt . |
| 19 | Nobody would now hold them responsible for the Revolution in France , but the Encyclopedie , which Diderot inaugurated ( and edited with D'Alembert ) and to which he contributed hundreds of articles himself , undermined the authority of the regime , and argued for a re-ordering of society on rational grounds . |
| 20 | ‘ Slowly , ’ he warned and backed the tiny storm jib , making the sheet fast so that the breeze would hold them clear of the Baglietto 's stern . |
| 21 | She was intelligent , quietly responsible and could hold her own in the group 's endless meaning-of-life conversations . |
| 22 | Sally felt good in it — the fur was gorgeously soft when she buried her chin in it and she thought that at least she could hold her own in the midst of all this elegance . |
| 23 | ( The stromenti musicali available at San Marco at that time , besides the two organs , were cornetti and trombones plus one or two violini — the only stringed instruments that could hold their own with the brass — engaged as extras . ) |
| 24 | He and his government colleagues were confident they could hold their own against the mujahedin . |
| 25 | He could imagine her fighting to hold her own in the orphanage instead of letting herself become meek and mousy . |
| 26 | Toulon coach Jean-Claude Balatore made the right assessment ; while Biarritz had the men to hold their own in the line-out , neither Ondarts nor his mate Condom — despite their impressive international records — had the stomach for a ferocious challenge up front . |
| 27 | If English is to be dropped , parents worry over the ability of their children to hold their own in the jungle of career-making , where a knowledge of English carries a premium . |
| 28 | Tactically , both skippers were able to hold their own in the starts ; indeed , although Schumann did not win a race , he was ahead in the weather mark in four of his matches . |
| 29 | It enabled them to hold their own in the face of calls from male experts for a greater professionalization of the field . |
| 30 | The strings , thanks to their numerical superiority , are able to hold their own against the brass far more successfully than can the woodwind . |