Example sentences of "hold [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter what the future holds for the next generation and the delicate trembling wilderness , at least we can promise our children and grandchildren one sure thing . |
| 2 | On Feb. 21 the first meeting was held between the new government and the trade unions , but Podkrepa refused to attend the meeting with Dimitrov and other Cabinet members because the CITUB 's chair , Krustyu Petkov , was also invited . |
| 3 | At 31 March 1991 , Harland Simon held 50% of the equity share capital of Perfect Information but did not treat this as an associated undertaking because the investment was held for the short term and was disposed of in August 1991 . |
| 4 | It is intended to research , firstly , the changing expectations that have been held of the physical environment and to consider just what both official bodies and NGOs think an appropriate environment should be like . |
| 5 | While the maximum that can be saved by an individual aged over 16 is £20 a month , more than one SAYE account can be held by the saver — provided they are held with the same institution and are opened at least one month apart . |
| 6 | Meetings were held with the nursing officer and health visitor line management . |
| 7 | On the back , quite without superficial decoration , the artist has concentrated on revealing the forms of the body , not adapted to a linear pattern but swelling in majestic simplicity under the smooth cloak which originally veiled the hair and falls almost to the ankles , held in the right hand and brought round under the left elbow to be tucked into the belt in front . |
| 8 | Climbing steep snow in a series of zigzags as in ( Fig. 2b ) , the axe is held in the uphill hand and the rope goes on the downhill side direct to the next person on the rope . |
| 9 | Held in the open air and under marquees , The South Bank Jazz Festival has developed a strong reputation for presenting the best in traditional and contemporary jazz . |
| 10 | Talks subsequently took place in Pristina on Oct. 29 between Serbian and Albanian leaders , Panic , Vance and Owen , resulting in an agreement on the return of Albanian children to classes held in the Albanian language and a minimum agreement on lifting discriminatory laws . |
| 11 | An inquest was held on the following day and his death was ascribed to natural causes . |
| 12 | The 14th World Orchid Conference and Show will be held at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre from 26 April to 2 May . |
| 13 | For these purposes , shares held by the issuing company or any company in its group , or by a nominee of the issuing company or any company in its group , in the other company are disregarded . |
| 14 | Thus ‘ held with the intention ’ came to be construed in a sense which the language of Parliament can not possibly bear as a matter of ordinary sense and grammar , as embracing not only material held by the crooked solicitor but material held without any intention on the part of the holder but infected , either at the time of its creation or , seemingly , at any subsequent time , by an intention on the part of any person , whether the client entitled to it or anyone else , to use it for furthering some criminal purpose . |
| 15 | Table 4.2 shows the distribution of liquid assets held by the personal sector and the year-by-year increases in those holdings for the period 1980–87 . |
| 16 | London Life , covering a party held by the National Sun and Air Association , went into some detail in describing the magician Mr Tony Alexander , who , despite his absence of clothing , managed to Produce cards and handkerchiefs from thin air and won himself a round of applause — and a five pound bet into the bargain . |
| 17 | ( c ) Access to records One of the guardian 's most important functions is to investigate the case and he is given a right of access to social work records compiled or held by the local authority and the NSPCC ( s42 ) . |
| 18 | Soon after midnight on 7 May the Viet Minh overran the last French positions held by the Foreign Legion and Algerian colonial infantry . |
| 19 | There was a special problem in the fact that castles held by the Lusignan family and particularly by the Counts of Angoulême could at times hinder land communications between the Duke 's three administrative capitals , the old Roman and episcopal cities of Poitiers , Saintes and Bordeaux . |
| 20 | Such life or death issues are fundamental to our society , and the cases discussed in Chapter Six challenged long-established prerogatives held by the medical profession and by parents and families . |