Example sentences of "hold the [adj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One student holds an end of the optical fibre on top of the l.e.d. in the transmitter and another holds the distant end on the top of the phototransistor . |
| 2 | London The Corporation of London office holds the official archives from the eleventh century to the present , and many documents are of wide interest , for they deal with jurisdiction and property interests in many countries , including the estates granted in 1628 for sale by the Crown to settle national debts . |
| 3 | In pathitem , cited.text.id holds the symbolic key of the current record after the command held in command has been both executed and successful . |
| 4 | In the sign-and-magnitude method , the sign bit is used as described above , while the remainder of the word holds the absolute value of the number in the normal unsigned form . |
| 5 | And , and the b and the bar on the bottom as well holding the th no the base of the thing holds the other bit of the blade . |
| 6 | You also get a key which holds the other half of the sensor ; pressing the key against the sensor gives you access to your machine . |
| 7 | Ian St. John holds the wor holds the Scottish record for the fastest hat-trick |
| 8 | All abseilers should be members of the British Abseil Association , abide by its rules , and hold the appropriate award for the level of abseiling being undertaken . |
| 9 | In this society where women hold the ultimate responsibility for the welfare of children , it is vital that money paid for the children is paid to the mother on that basis alone , in order to avoid real hardship particularly in times of crisis . |
| 10 | To compare yarns , hold the proposed substitute over the original and stretch it out until it is just taut , not pulled tightly . |
| 11 | To compare yarns , hold the proposed substitute over the original and stretch it out until it is just taut , not pulled tightly . |
| 12 | Just hold the open jar beneath the web and the spider will probably drop straight into it . |
| 13 | Also hold the inward creases of the pleat to the back of the heading with a few hand stitches at the top of the pleat . |
| 14 | Light the candle and hold the pierced end of the strip in the flame . |
| 15 | In " A " Ltd v " B " Ltd [ 1992 ] CLJ p263 H H Judge Davies QC , dealing with Official Referee 's Business , declined to follow Fryer 's case , purporting to distinguish it and holding the relevant passages of the Court of Appeal 's judgments to have been obiter dicta . |
| 16 | Laughing and chattering , Louise walked into the kitchen , holding the young man by the hand . |
| 17 | Mr. Gill overdid the waiting tactics in Foxy Games 's previous outing at Cottenham , but made no mistake here , going on five out and comfortably holding the late run of the favourite , York Royal . |
| 18 | Then , holding the excess material at the back of Terry 's waist , giving the dress a longer , more elegant line , she murmured , ‘ What do you think ? ’ |
| 19 | Push the bend on to the outlet and , holding the other bend against the downpipe , mark the length of the pipe required using the ‘ sight holes ’ in the bends and cut it off . |
| 20 | Jack , who had been standing near his friend holding the torn halves of the sketch in either hand , went to the far end of the room and sat on the desk . |
| 21 | Starting with the leading edges , push the loose rear section forwards in its sleeve with one hand while holding the tubular end of the joining ferrule in the other . |
| 22 | Bend over , holding the heavy dumb-bell below the bench . |
| 23 | His right aileron control was severed and he himself was wounded in the head , but Chapman somehow made a remarkable landing , holding the severed end of the aileron wire . |
| 24 | The second data file is the one holding the statistical data for the 42 polygons for the variables InFMORT and GNP . |
| 25 | But you will also remember that each of these cells is capable of holding the whole text of the New Testament and , moreover , it is gigantic when measured by the number of sophisticated machines that it contains . |
| 26 | You must put a growl in your own voice when reprimanding the pup , while holding the loose skin on the neck . |
| 27 | But he treats the former , unpejoratively , as an aspect of grammatical neutrality and obviousness designed to permit communication to a mass audience , and to represent the everyday context ; and the latter not as ‘ false ’ but as ‘ interruptions ’ of the grammar , relatively autonomous ‘ metaphors ’ , intuitively selected but acting ‘ like tiny reservoirs briefly holding the social significations of the moment ’ . |
| 28 | Colin Kerr … predicts that in the second half of this century culture will hold the key role in the development of the economy , a role played by the automobile in the first half ( of this century ) . |
| 29 | The physiotherapist may hold the other end of the stick and direct the patient 's movements , guiding the patient 's arm and shoulder girdle so that they move in the correct sequence . |
| 30 | The strongest person should always hold the down rope from the descendeur and should wear gloves . |