Example sentences of "[noun pl] hold for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard .
2 Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious .
3 Their eyes held for a moment and a slow smile began to grow on the darkly handsome face .
4 Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others .
5 In their study at Lakeshore High School in the USA they showed that the actual performance of students was interpreted by the school staff in terms of the expectations held for a particular student .
6 And that was as far as she got because the crash-bang music gave the final crash , the stage lights held for a moment and then cut to blackout , and there was a smattering of couldn't-care-less applause from the front of the house .
7 The Act gives people the chance to view files held on them and to correct any false information they may contain ; excluding files held for a wide class of reasons under the heading of ‘ security ’ .
8 Adequate : There needs to be enough space for the storage of all materials held for the normal interval between deliveries with provision for reserve stocks in case of extended delivery periods .
9 In October , the Council hosted METROPIA XVI , a Euro-wide event for senior school pupils held for the first time in the UK
10 Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) .
11 Custodial Investments are essentially bearer instruments and readily disposable investments held for a client and which are neither the subject of a discretionary management agreement nor held in connection with any personal appointment and which the firm can sell without the client needing to authorise such sale .
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