Example sentences of "[adj -er] hold the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easier to hold the attention of the diners at the end of the meal while they are seated , and still too full to want to get up and start dancing . |
| 2 | To hold a number in this form , the computer word is divided into two unequal portions , the larger to hold the fraction and the smaller to hold the exponent . |
| 3 | It would be much better to hold the moot , say , between 2 and 5 p.m . |
| 4 | So very often it 's better to hold the wardrobe vertical and the man at the bottom end if you like holds it vertical and you go down holding it flat like that . |
| 5 | It would have been better to hold the debate during the day , when television coverage would have taken the views of hon. Members to a wider public . |
| 6 | In the discussion which followed the Zuwaya argued that five hours had passed and they had elected no one : in view of the late hour and the irregularities ( another Magharba member of the local Assembly , doubling as an electoral officer , was suspected of cheating and was escorted out by police ) it would be better to hold the elections another day . |
| 7 | To hold a number in this form , the computer word is divided into two unequal portions , the larger to hold the fraction and the smaller to hold the exponent . |
| 8 | When his hands spread their warmth across the small of her back and dropped lower to hold the softness of her curved and very feminine hips , her own fingers found and explored the short silky curls at the nape of his neck and the hardness of the muscles that plaited across his broad , capable back . |