Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we say that such-and-such a group of words are the " subject " or that some other group of words are the " predicate " in a copular verb phrase , we are , by such observations , recognizing the speaker 's intention to construct expressions which will identify certain properties and entities , and to assign some of the former to one of the latter , so as to let an audience know what entities are under attention and which properties are claimed to hold for which entities ; we take this to be the essence of what goes on in the use and understanding of linguistic expression ( whatever the purpose to which individual acts of communication are directed ) . |
| 2 | If what ( 102 ) entailed was : ( 104 ) You are Napoleon and you are socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Then ( 105 ) would have to have one reading under which it meant ( 106 ) , which it clearly does not have : ( 105 ) Vous n'etes pas Napoleon ( 106 ) You are Napoleon , and you are not socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Exactly the same , and additional , arguments can be shown to hold for the complex honorifics of " exotic " languages . |
| 3 | This equality is guaranteed to hold for any values of m , g and so on if the constant terms on both sides of the equality are identically equal , and if the pair of coefficients attached to each variable are identically equal . |
| 4 | I happened to chair that conference , and I think I was surprised by the depressing effect that this reform was seen to hold for so many of our membership , particularly the smaller , local voluntary organisations . |
| 5 | Experimentally ( Fig. 3 b ) , this latter prediction was found to hold for NO ( 5-fold less ) and ClO ( 3-fold less ; SCN - was not tested ) . |
| 6 | He was ordered held for a bail hearing on Tuesday . |