Example sentences of "[not/n't] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember , do not hold the glider down too close to the ground , 5 to 10 feet is safer . |
| 2 | this action is impossible if you either a ) do not hold the latch tool correctly ( the handle of the tool should be resting in the palm of your hand with the thumb uppermost and on top of the latch area of the tool ) or b ) if you do not apply some downward pressure to the knitted fabric with your free hand . |
| 3 | Remember also that the upholstered seat of a chair is nearly always made of beech ; other timbers will not hold the upholstery tacks so well . |
| 4 | Lorenz responded by saying that he did not hold the position they were attacking with such gusto . |
| 5 | Thus in Smith v Hughes ( 1871 ) LR 6 QB 597 , it was held that the seller of oats could not hold the buyer to the contract of sale if the seller was aware that the buyer was intending to accept an offer to sell oats warranted to be old , where , in fact , the seller was not intending to give any such warranty . |
| 6 | One would not suggest that they did not hold the Muftilik , but one can suggest that they held a very different kind of Muftilik from that held by Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 7 | Labour 's minority government of 1974 lost 29 votes in June and July that year ; yet did not hold the election until the following October . |
| 8 | The talk was a little on the short side , but even so did not hold the attention as well as it might have . |
| 9 | The Bank does not hold the view that a change is desirable — yet . |
| 10 | Our Parliament does not hold the Commission to account . |
| 11 | Do not hold the grinder back to front , and never remove the guard . |
| 12 | If the load exceeds the peak static torque the motor can not hold the load at the position demanded by the phase excitation . |
| 13 | The USSR Supreme Soviet , in a resolution of Feb. 25 , declared that the decision by republican authorities not to hold the referendum violated citizens ' civil rights by denying them the right to vote . |
| 14 | The Crimean Supreme Soviet had voted on July 9 not to hold the referendum on independence planned for Aug. 2 . |
| 15 | It was unfair not to hold the meeting until he could be present . |
| 16 | He has not held the post very long but he has worked hard and the arts world has appreciated that . |
| 17 | He says they cqa n't hold the country to ransom . |
| 18 | It ca n't hold the knitting back ( or down ) . |
| 19 | I could n't hold the component in a sash cramp , itself held in the vice , because the bearing at the base of the router fouled the sash cramp . |
| 20 | Once outside , she could n't hold the storm off any longer . |
| 21 | Well plastic does n't hold the damp . |
| 22 | We had our chances but did n't hold the ball long enough . |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
| 24 | ‘ Our first-half performance was disappointing in that we could n't hold the ball up front . |
| 25 | If you do n't hold the wire on the floor , the tape will wrap itself round it and you 'll have a terrible time trying to disentangle the resulting blob of sticky goo . ) |
| 26 | Since this row does n't hold the comb , it is less stretched , so therefore firmer , than the first row of a welt knitting in the basic , or conventional way . |
| 27 | I could n't hold the car on the clutch and I rolled back down the hill , getting very embarrassed , especially when a man had to help me push the car up the hill again ! |
| 28 | She could n't hold the challenge of Kostroma in the straight , but second place brought her earnings worldwide to half a million pounds . |
| 29 | Reece could n't hold the shot and Guy Whittingham ran in for his 40th goal of the season . |