Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This situation would not necessarily hold true for another council . ’ |
| 2 | He was personally held responsible for the failures of his economic stewardship . |
| 3 | This theory of a ‘ verbal inspiration ’ especially held good for the Greek translation of the Old Testament , commonly called that of the Seventy ( Septuagint ) , made at Alexandria in the third century bc . |
| 4 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
| 5 | The common argument that owner-occupation offers greater mobility does not generally hold true for women , as was clear in our discussion of what happens on marital breakdown . |
| 6 | This underlying cause is the persistently instilled belief that the universe was created by a ‘ god ’ — and this ‘ god ’ is the maker of humanity and must be worshipped , appeased and generally held responsible for everything ; to be credited with , and thanked for all that brings enjoyment , and outrageously excused for all that brings suffering . |
| 7 | Effectively he was immersed in Albanian politics , although in February 1921 , at the request of Sir Basil Thomson [ q.v. ] of Scotland Yard 's Special Branch , he travelled to Germany for a secret meeting with Talaat , the Turk generally held responsible for the post-war Armenian massacres . |
| 8 | Switch across to the Boost channel on OD2 and the setting still holds good for that real processed , ‘ I 've spent an arm and a leg on my effects rack ’ sound . |
| 9 | These rules still hold good for choreographers who work in the classical medium and the wise ones never neglect them . |
| 10 | Where prices were once held constant for five year periods , from 1976 onwards they have been revised annually on the basis of a five-year moving average of world market prices . |
| 11 | The following analysis of the influence of armaments engineers on policy making also holds good for telecoms engineers : The key roles played by the corps of armaments engineers in making France 's arms complex run can hardly be exaggerated . |
| 12 | This also holds true for items of similar groups within the same country ; a top quality Nain will tend to be more expensive than a second-grade Isfahan ( and vice versa ) , while both can be expected to command a higher price than the average Hamadan or Heriz . |
| 13 | Whether this situation also holds true for other RA-regulated genes is not known so far ( for a review see 22 ) . |
| 14 | I consider that this must also hold good for the right of establishment : in order for a national of a member state to be eligible to be regarded as exercising his right of establishment in another member state , it is not enough that he should be operating a fishing vessel registered in that state ; in addition , his activity must have other links with the territory of that State . |
| 15 | The environment we live in must also be protected sources of pollution must be located and stopped employers clearly held liable for their actions and dealt with as severely as allowed by law . |
| 16 | this also held true for the series of men who swopped their everyday gear to sit and drink and smoke and be photographed in a dress . |
| 17 | November 17 was also held responsible for a bomb attack on a tax office on Nov. 30 ( the third in two weeks ) , coinciding with the presentation of the budget in parliament . |
| 18 | Although care must be taken in generalizing too much from Newby 's research in East Anglia , these contentions might well hold true for other rural areas of Britain . |
| 19 | When he returned at the beginning of December 1340 Edward had immediately dismissed the home council , Robert Stratford , who was bishop of Chichester and chancellor , among them ; Archbishop Stratford , then held responsible for the home government 's failure , was ordered to Louvain as a hostage for the payment of the allies , while the dismissal and prosecution of other ministers and officials — mostly clerics — was set in motion . |
| 20 | Conformity to social expectations and adherence to the interdictions of socio-sexual taboos is presupposed , in most of these texts , even though compliance to these taboos has never held true for all people . |
| 21 | All supervising officers , including senior divisional managers — chief superintendents — ‘ should not only hold themselves accountable , but be actively held accountable for the overall level of their subordinates ’ . |