Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , materials stockpiling was encouraged by the Japanese government in 1972–3 in an attempt to hold down the yen exchange rate . |
| 2 | The Environment Secretary , Chris Patten , on July 19 announced a £3,300 million package to hold down the level of the community charge or poll tax , which included an improved system of rebates and other measures . |
| 3 | He is best imagined as an old-fashioned sawbones before the invention of anaesthetics , carving away placidly while an assistant holds down the screaming patient . |
| 4 | If you selected a word hold down the Shift key and click on the last word of the selection — similarly for paragraphs . |
| 5 | The government and five leading banks agreed on March 18 to cut interest rates by an average of 3 percentage points in an effort to hold down the exchange rate for the sol which had strengthened against the US dollar from the beginning of 1992 . |
| 6 | Mr Major resisted the temptation to leave some excise duties unchanged in order to hold down the inflation rate . |