Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Note the recessed sheet tail bags and the foot holds in the cockpit seats
2 This result holds in the model below .
3 I remember my father giving me specific advice on just how he climbed the crux section of the corner crack above ; ‘ When you get to the steep bit — you 'll know it when you get there — just face right and use the square cut holds on the edge .
4 ‘ I do n't think anyone knows what the immediate future holds at the moment . ’
5 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 .
6 ‘ They want to hear what is going on and what the future holds for the Manor bungalows . ’
7 What does the future hold for the Department 's favourite pet — our Clarence ?
8 As recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Heads of Department held on the 11th March 1981 , reaction to this document was anxious and ambivalent , with several threads of concern emerging .
9 Turning away , Grant walked to the head of the stairs and started down , shotgun held at the ready .
10 There is , therefore , a coincidence between lived reality and the construct held in the mind ; unlike the Military Model which constructs reality in terms of the metaphor .
11 It was reported on April 11 , 1990 , that tapes of an interview held following the 1975 trial , between Gerard Conlon , one of the Four , and Peter ( now Sir Peter ) Imbert , now Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police , who was at the time of the trial a bomb squad superintendent , were becoming a source of conflict between the police and the defence lawyers at the judicial inquiry .
12 In a survey of school-children , we might expect that the answers they give in an interview held in the headmaster 's study will be different from those they give at home , or out of doors .
13 The other episodes were slightly easier insofar that some of the ‘ flats ’ ( the walls of a set ) could come from stock held at the BBC .
14 If the company 's business involves dealing in goods the records must also contain a statement of stock held at the end of the financial year and statements of stocktakings from which that was prepared , and , except in the case of goods sold in the ordinary course of retail trade , statements of all goods sold or purchased , in sufficient detail to enable the other party to be identified .
15 Ultimately , loans were granted to customers by means of issuing notes or crediting their accounts with deposits ( loans ) in excess of the gold stock held by the goldsmith .
16 The spare was originally part of the national stock held by the three electricity boards before privatisation and came to Scottish Nuclear during dispersal of that stock in 1990 .
17 The precise objectives outlined emphasise the intention to raise the awareness of and inspire the communication of information to " the WHOLE STAFF " ( Proposal document ) , and " to be constantly aware of the BALANCE OF STOCK held within the Library Resource Centre to ensure a suitable coverage of all subject areas " .
18 At a news briefing held after the raid , however , Brig. -Gen .
19 Long ago the Vexin had been divided into two along the line of the River Epte : on the east bank the French Vexin held by the King of France , on the west the Norman Vexin held by the Duke of Normandy .
20 The award was presented by TV newsreader John Humphrys at a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane .
21 PAUL DAWSON , who works in the design office at Capenhurst , was designated a Whitworth Scholar at an award ceremony held at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ' London headquarters .
22 At midnight on Oct. 2-3 the FRG flag was raised at a ceremony held outside the Reichstag ( the former German parliament ) in Berlin .
23 T The Queen 's only daughter married for the second time in a low-key ceremony held on the Balmoral estate this month .
24 At a torch-lit ceremony held on the regimental parade ground two nights later , we were given our képis .
25 Apart from this , the principal government response had apparently been a highly publicized campaign to remove Sendero graffiti from the walls of two Lima universities , and the distribution of old-fashioned Winchester rifles to peasant militia self-defence groups ( rondas campesinas ) during a militaristic ceremony held in the Andean village of Chaquichocha on June 23 .
26 at a ceremony held in the Passenger Reception Hall in the Western Harbour on 21st November .
27 An entry can be made by any part of the accused 's body or by an instrument held by the accused to intimidate someone in the building or to remove goods from the building .
28 Even more stunning was Sinead 's stage debut at a tiny folk and arts club held in the T H Doolin 's pub near the school .
29 The deeply unpopular Somerset was overthrown in October , and power passed to those who had opposed the war ; his successor , John Dudley , earl of Warwick , was only recognizing the inevitable when he gave up Boulogne at the same time as peace was made with Scotland in March 1550 , when the last stronghold held by the English , Lauder , capitulated .
30 S/L Paul Millikin was pressed for what the future held for the aircraft , to one question he replied ‘ I do n't know if there is talk from Whitehall … nobody tells me anything ! ’
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