Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These figures only hold accurately for large files — 100 or more tracks in extent — although they will act as a guide even for very small files . |
| 2 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
| 3 | They were literally held together in sickness and health . |
| 4 | ( He continued to insist , nonetheless , that that one-sidedness had been necessary , and that the negative points he had made must not be withdrawn , nor even weakened , but merely held together with the positive . |
| 5 | ( ii ) at all times at least one share in the body must be so held either by a member who or which is a solicitor or a recognised body and who or which beneficially owns that share ; or by a member who or which holds that share as nominee for a solicitor or for a recognised body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of a solicitor . |
| 6 | ( ii ) at all times at least one share in the body must be so held either by a member who or which is a solicitor or a recognised body and who or which beneficially owns that share ; or by a member who or which holds that share as nominee for a solicitor or for a recognised body or for a receiver appointed under section 99 of the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of a solicitor . |
| 7 | All-glass tanks are available in a wide range of shapes and sizes some so huge that it is easy to doubt that such a fragile framework , only held together with silicone sealant and weighing anything up to 1000 kilos ( 2000 lb ) or more when filled and stocked , is capable of withstanding all the pressure without collapsing . |
| 8 | Notice that this paragraph is not only held together by the sort of unity , or development of ideas , that we described in the Great Gatsby example above . |
| 9 | There was , too , something unaccountable about Richard — perhaps the same wilfulness that induced him to live offshore although his marriage was in a perilous state — which attracted him to Pratts because celebrations were only held there for the death of a king or queen . |
| 10 | Another American artist , Rona Pondick , creates disturbing assemblages out of a mixture of materials ( for instance : a wooden beam , a row of white shoes and a cushion , all held together by frayed nylon cords , the ends of which spill onto the floor like white seaweed ) . |
| 11 | An avid traveller in Mediterranean lands and an early exponent of the use of audio-visual teaching aids ( using lantern slides in a lecture in 1929 ) , he was the only man to have led his bride from Church under an archway of History notebooks suddenly held aloft by two lines of boys from School . |
| 12 | The burn was swollen , the sheep in question bobbing up and down in the middle , apparently held there by something under the water . |
| 13 | Even by the 1980s , seminar teaching had found little hold there despite a decreasing proportion of staff to students . |
| 14 | As representatives of the two most ancient and chauvinistic patries of the Community , British and French civil servants instinctively hold forth in their mother tongue . |
| 15 | When she was not holding forth on the almighty Telscombes , or the glories of Virginia , Miss Beard had little to say ; and Ruth was in no mood to talk . |
| 16 | Personally , Kael is said to dominate an awestruck group of colleagues collectively dubbed ‘ Paulettes ’ , but it 's hard to equate the woman genially holding forth in her modest office at the New Yorker with the flinty matriarch of legend . |
| 17 | These modest words come from Swindelli ( below , white jacket ) , vocalist/rapper with The 25th Of May , who is animatedly holding forth on the merits of the band 's neatly titled debut LP ‘ Lenin And McCarthy ’ . |
| 18 | Exports had doubled from 1700 to 1740 to a value of £1,164,000 which generally held steady until the 1760s . |
| 19 | Discursively design unites two discursive worlds ( that of technique — science , and that of communication — understanding ) normally held apart in the alienated world . |
| 20 | The bindings consist of various combinations ; there may be 3 or 4 horizontal bands and 2 or 4 vertical stays , normally held together by rivets . |
| 21 | 205. ( 1 ) ( ix ) Land includes … land of any tenure , and mines and minerals , whether or not held apart from the surface , buildings or parts of buildings ( whether the division is horizontal , vertical or made in any other way ) and other corporeal hereditaments ; also a manor , an advowson , and a rent and other incorporeal hereditament , and an easement , right , privilege , or benefit in , over , or derived from land ; but not an undivided share in land ; and " mines and minerals " include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land , and powers of working and getting the same but not an undivided share thereof ; and " manor " includes a lordship , and reputed manor or lordship ; and " hereditament " means any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir … |
| 22 | It indicates that this witness , unlike ordinary witnesses in court , is not held solely to facts . |
| 23 | These dithiadiazoles are held together in dimeric pairs through S — S interactions , as in , though they are not held together in the trans -type configuration , but in a variety of other orientations . |
| 24 | The extremities of the cloud are rotating so fast that the cloud would disperse if it were not held together by some force of gravity . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Besides , you want to put me ashore , so unless you expect me to swim — ’ She broke off , gasping as the boat , no longer held fast by its anchor , swung wildly . |
| 27 | Cut the loaf into about 12 slices , making sure that it still holds together at the base . |
| 28 | The most likely explanation is that these creatures are a form of large sea-cow , though monster-watchers around the world still hold firmly to the view that the ancient loch is home to a family of plesiosaurs , a remnant of the Mesozoic era . |
| 29 | She pointed silently to the letter that the police-sergeant was still holding carefully between fingers and thumb . |
| 30 | An hour later , the Princess fell into a restful sleep , still holding tightly to Caroline 's hand . |