Example sentences of "hold [adv] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is equally if not more striking that these remarks about mania in the individual manic-depressive of modern times hold perfectly true for the cultural equivalent : the first cultivating societies . |
| 2 | That an offender can be held criminally liable for the unintended consequences of his or her actions is a well-established legal principle . |
| 3 | As a result the CPCz held only 138 of the 350 seats in the Federal Assembly , about half its previous strength . |
| 4 | The APF held only 30 of the 350 seats in the Supreme Soviet but was demanding transfer of power from the Supreme Soviet to the National Council , which comprised 50 Supreme Soviet deputies , half from the APF . |
| 5 | On April 11 President Fernando Collor de Mello , whose National Reconstruction Party ( PRN ) held only 31 of the 570 seats in the Congress , succeeded in dividing the opposition by winning approval for his economic re-adjustment plan announced on March 15 [ see p. 37312 ] . |
| 6 | Although the Janata Dal held only 24 of the 225 seats in the Karnataka State Assembly ( compared with 178 held by Congress ( I ) ) , the Singh government imposed President 's rule on the state and suspended its Assembly . |
| 7 | Imagine our horror at the thought that we might now be held legally responsible for the tragic results of an inadequate diet . |
| 8 | It is suggested that there is here the potential for considerable development , taking advantage of information technology to make the information held here available to the maximum number of people , inside and outside the organization . |