Example sentences of "holding that " in BNC.

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1 An 18-foot putt on the 26th by the American meant that Dale Hayes , beaten 11 and 9 by Tom Watson in 1978 , was left holding that particular nettle .
2 We leave , saddened by the plight and determined to come for longer the next time , to stay through a winter and spring , to find out what that old woman had really been up to holding that white sheet up to the Northern Lights .
3 His Lordship would hesitate long before holding that Parliament intended the Home Secretary to have authority either covertly to censor programmes or to require broadcasting authorities to present news programmes otherwise than with due accuracy and impartiality , but he did not so read the power .
4 Taylor J rejected this contention , holding that special educational provision was different from provision made to ‘ the general run of normal children , to the normal majority ’ .
5 There is no authority for these propositions , and a leading critic in the United States has taken a contrary view , as did the court in the case of The Application of the President and Directors of Georgetown College Inc. , holding that ‘ death resulting from failure to extend proper medical care , where there is a duty of care , is manslaughter . ’
6 Holding that position join your left hand and arm , clasp hands .
7 ‘ What are your reasons for holding that view ? ’
8 He groups himself with Hamilton , Boole , Herbart , etc. in holding that logic does not depend upon psychology — it studies the ‘ products of reasoning ’ ( terms , propositions , arguments ) directly , and employs an objective notion of validity defined in terms of an objective notion of truth .
9 While holding that gender differences in political behaviour are small they also challenge the criteria by which the political is defined and evaluated in malestream analysis , and the degree to which these criteria underestimate women 's political contributions .
10 However , it is interesting and important to consider whether there might be a theoretical justification for Miller 's view , relatively independent of the present habits of social scientists : a reason for holding that social scientific explanations should satisfy a necessity constraint of the kind Miller describes .
11 The point serves as a corrective to behaviourist tendencies in general , and therefore to Behaviouralism in International Relations , since it undermines a main reason for holding that science must stick to observable behaviour .
12 Equally , there is a good case for holding that understanding should proceed in both directions , although , like all such compromises , that sets problems with the tension involved in combining them .
13 While the juridical basis for holding that Protocol II creates legal effects for individuals remains problematic , the underlying humanitarian reason is evident .
14 By a notice of appeal dated 22 March 1991 the defendants appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that the judge erred ( 1 ) in following the decision of Browne J. in Bognor Regis Urban District Council v. Campion [ 1972 ] 2 Q.B. 169 even though he was rightly unable to accept the basis on which Browne J. had distinguished the decision of the Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 ; ( 2 ) in holding that Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co .
15 The registrar granted the administrators leave to serve the originating application on the bank in Jersey pursuant to rule 12.12 of the Insolvency Rules 1986 Mervyn Davies J. granted the bank 's application to set aside the registrar 's order , holding that section 238 of the Act of 1986 did not have extraterritorial effect so as to include a foreigner resident abroad , and that ‘ any person ’ in the section could not apply to the bank .
16 ‘ 1(2) In determining whether a person is a fit and proper person to hold any particular position , regard shall be had to his probity , to his competence and soundness of judgement for fulfilling the responsibilities of that position , to the diligence with which he is fulfilling or likely to fulfil those responsibilities and to whether the interests of depositors or potential depositors of the institution are , or are likely to be , in any way threatened by his holding that position .
17 Now , he was holding that microphone up to the nearest wall and scanning it , adjusting his headphones .
18 It was only long after her death that I realized how much anger lay under my acceptance of that responsibility and how much energy I had used holding that down .
19 But always hold it , keep it and if you 're holding that stone you wo n't stutter .
20 There 's no point in holding that kind of thing back .
21 Frankenstein was backing away , still holding that defensive gesture .
22 Well this is worrying now for Forest because Cooper 's gone down again holding that shoulder .
23 This is because at the end of the newsreel a roof opens above the screen at the far end of the auditorium and King Kong 's arm appears holding that screaming woman in his great hairy mit !
24 He added that we must be his guests at the great banquet he was holding that night for other Scottish lords who had come south with him .
25 To the extent that interest rates and yields do fall with an expansion of the money supply , people may well hold larger money balances : after all , the opportunity cost of holding that liquidity ( i.e. the interest sacrificed by not holding bonds , etc. ) has been reduced .
26 He concluded that he declined to read the Faccenda case as holding that confidential information which could not be protected by an implied term ipso facto could not be protected by a suitably limited express covenant .
27 My institute would wish for it 's concern that having striven to establish the statutory qualification , the Diploma in Trading Standards , and consequently persuading employing authorities as officers holding that qualification use the title Trading Standards Officers now sees the potential of confusion .
28 Chest trouble brought on by years of holding that smelly old pipe in his mouth while he talks . ’
29 In November , 1991 , Lord Prosser dismissed the actions raised by Mrs Hamilton and Mr Watson after holding that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child .
30 Before any evidence was heard at the Court of Session on the issue of negligence , Lord Prosser dismissed the action after holding that ‘ person ’ did not cover an unborn child .
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