Example sentences of "hold [adv] [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposals for student fees hold especially worrying implications for the training of doctors in the UK . |
| 2 | Women hold only subordinate positions in the military forces . |
| 3 | The House may be interested to learn that hon. Members who represent south Wales constituencies hold fairly regular meetings with the south Wales constabulary . |
| 4 | More specifically , they hold very similar views on the issues of authority and law . |
| 5 | WELCOME BACK : Labour goes into the general election holding only one seat in the entire Central South Region . |
| 6 | In the case of a fully inverted file the designer has the option of holding very little information in the master file itself , and assembling records from their constituent parts as they are referenced . |
| 7 | The seller may be entirely happy with the position or , as we began this discussion by assuming , he may decide that he does not want to hold so much wealth in the form of money . |
| 8 | Quite a number of the city dwellers took part in their appraisal and some were invited to consign their objects to an auction that Drouot and the joint venture company Art-2000 are planning to hold later this year in the Russian capital . |
| 9 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 10 | Such classifications inevitably simplify reality , but it is clear that different members may hold very different views about the role of local councillors . |
| 11 | The PRD now held only 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ; of its former four Senate seats , it lost both those which were up for election . |
| 12 | Mr Johnson had found that the system , which held highly important statistics including the FTSE 100 share index , and was essential to the paper 's daily production , had been tampered with . |
| 13 | Republican Local soviets Supreme Soviet Armenia ( to be decided ) due on May 20 Azerbaijan ( to be decided ) ( to be decided ) Byelorussia March 4 March 4 Estonia Dec. 10 , 1989 March 18 Georgia due on June 17 ( to be decided ) Kazakhstan Dec. 24 , 1989 March 25 Kirghizia Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Latvia Dec. 10 , 1989 March 18 Lithuania ( to be decided ) Feb. 24 Moldavia Feb. 25 Feb. 25 Russian Federation March 4 March 4 Tadjikistan Dec. 24 , 1989 Feb. 25 Turkmenia Jan. 7 Jan. 7 Ukraine March 4 March 4 Uzbekistan Feb. 18 Feb. 18 *Second round run-off elections were held generally two weeks after the first round in constituencies where contests between more than two candidates had failed to produce a winner with over 50 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | Whilst not on the same scale as in Paris , an open day was held earlier this year in the Crown Court at Teesside . |
| 15 | The offshore championship is held over 10 rounds off the coast of Britain … the races can be anything up to a 100 miles … today its the Eastbourne Grand Prix … there 's not a deckchair to be had on the pier … its standing room only as thousands roll up to watch the big boats bouncing their way through the water … |
| 16 | These will be held over six laps with the first two from each race taking the front grid in the six-rider , eight-lap final . |
| 17 | The Prizegiving will be held again this year in the McEwan Hall . |
| 18 | World No1 Hendry held too many aces for the second-season professional , who scored 51 points in the first frame , eight in the third and none in the other three . |