Example sentences of "hold [adv] by a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a complex web of mystifying deals , Hibs were held together by a financial structure which in the space of a few years involved a local bookmaker , an English based company with extensive leisure interests in the west country and a company registered in Panama called Charcoal Holdings . |
| 2 | Any community is held together by a complex web of achievement , responsibility and loyalty . |
| 3 | A discipline that is structurally diverse , and consists of a loosely related collection of sub-fields might nevertheless be held together by a common ethos or set of norms , attitudes and habits ; even by a common style . |
| 4 | This may be contrasted with a moral or rule-based association which is not held together by a common purpose but merely by the authority of common practices . |
| 5 | Clark Kerr put it aptly enough in his famous observation that the ‘ multiversity ’ , as he called it , had become ‘ a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over parking ’ . |
| 6 | This is , of course , to start many hares ; while it would be foolish to try to pursue them all in any one study , the concept of a stream of work , held together by a common focus on the effects of organizational difference and permitting the exploration of particular issues as they arise , is a daunting but attractive prospect . |
| 7 | Society comes to resemble ‘ a constellation of governments , rather than an association of individuals held together by a single government ’ . |
| 8 | The loading bay had old roll-across galvanised doors , twisted and battered out of shape and just about held together by a new-looking chain sheathed in blue plastic . |
| 9 | In striking contrast , modern industrial societies were characterized by heterogeneity , and were held together by a superior bonding principle which , following the centuries ' old analogy between the body-politic and the human organism , Durkheim chose to call ‘ organic solidarity ’ . |
| 10 | It 's held together by an elastic band which has two ballpoint pens clamped under it . |
| 11 | The centrepiece of Joseph Ettedgui 's latest emporium is this complex glass stair held together by a delicate spider 's web of steel rods , split pins and steel rings . |
| 12 | The motifs are supplied in pack form held together by a removable document binder and are clearly marked out on ready-to-use , clear plastic sheets . |
| 13 | Ultimately we reach the ridge , where we favour an intricate design of vees and scallops called a ‘ block-cut patterned ridge ’ , held down by a heavy lattice pattern of hazel spars . |
| 14 | The restrictors fitted to the Stage One V8 are easily removed by removing the carbs and pulling the restrictor from the manifold They are in fact aluminium discs with three holes about ⅜″. diameter in each one and are held in by an expanding steel clip Select a suitable diameter tap and tap a thread with a smear of grease on the top to collect swarf , fit a long bolt and lever out with a pry bar Extremely obstinate ones may be split into three large bits with a small chisel and pulled out Clean the debris out with a vacuum cleaner A piece of l/2″ hose taped onto the suction pipe will reach most places in the manifold . |
| 15 | Tide at low flood held still by a spent moon , |
| 16 | It is possible for a series of nick points to migrate up a stream and for the whole series to coalesce when they are held up by a resistant bed . |
| 17 | The pale yellow flowers of the traveller 's joy entwined in the hedgerows brought no happiness to David Waterlane stuck behind a convoy of cars on the Midhurst Road which was held up by a huge lorry with a sign saying ‘ Horses ’ on the back . |
| 18 | In law , property may be held either by a natural person , or by a number of such persons , or by an incorporated body such as a company . |