Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adv] for " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | However , as for small group tutorials , colloquia and seminars are usually held only for the senior years of the course . |
| 4 | In ( a ) and ( b ) , money is clearly held mainly for its role as a medium of exchange . |
| 5 | But it might well be thought that if a procession has been regularly held even for such a comparatively short period of time , the police are aware that it is likely to take place , and it is therefore outside the rationale behind the advance notification requirement . |
| 6 | It relies instead on a political theory about the legitimacy of private power and the conditions subject to which that power may be exercised : a theory that contends that power may be legitimately held only for the purpose of furthering the public good . |