Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Healers use their own crystals to treat other people , and may practise a form of crystal ‘ massage ’ , which involves holding the crystal two inches above the patient and rotating it in small clockwise circles over the entire body surface . |
| 2 | Spokeswoman Captain Marcella Adams said the base , which planned to hold the event on May 29 and 30 , would normally have heard by now . |
| 3 | When the thyristor triggers into conduction it presents a virtual short-circuit across Zener diode D4 ( which has held the base voltage of the pnp transistor TR3 at a cutoff level of 3.3V ) and so pulls the base down sufficiently to switch TR3 on . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is time to ask ourselves whether the notion of treatment by opposites , which has held the stage for so long , is indeed the false path that Hahnemann considered it to be . |
| 5 | Two types have been produced by the Norwich firm of Tom Smith , which has held the Royal Warrant since 1906 . |
| 6 | ‘ He came of a crusading line which has held the manor of Templecombe since time immemorial ? ’ |
| 7 | The painting shows a Welsh salmon more than four pounds heavier than the Scottish fish which has held the British record for seventy years . |
| 8 | Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for a tougher line , including an arms embargo , against the junta which has held the democracy campaigner under house arrest since July 1989 . |
| 9 | Grains of sand stick to this fluid which helps to hold the skin to the soil , thereby helping the pupating worm-lion to extricate itself . |
| 10 | It used to be the custom that the issue of the writ should be moved by chief whip of the party in the House of Commons a member of which had held the seat prior to its vacation , but this practice was occasionally the subject of abuse by the moving party being reluctant , by reason of its unpopularity in the country and consequent fear of being humiliated in a poll , Constituents in one instance were left unrepresented for over nine months . |
| 11 | Prince Bernhard 's battalions , which had held the crossroads the night before , now protected it again . |
| 12 | Out of the same pocket which had held the glasses he produced a small blue and gold box . |
| 13 | Candarli Halil Pasa was one of a family of statesmen , four members of which had held the office of Grand Vezir for much of the century preceding the accession of Mehmed II ; and these men had also held , prior to their appointments as vezir , the offices of kadi and kazasker . |
| 14 | The French 95th Regiment which had held the village on the disastrous day of February 25th was withdrawn , decimated , from the battle . |
| 15 | Wasteland , half-hidden behind hoardings , came into view and Tony soon arrived at the site which had held the theatre . |
| 16 | Reasons which authoritative directives should , but fail to , reflect are none the less among the reasons which justify holding the directives binding . |