Example sentences of "hold [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stakes set in cut-out notches hold the steps firmly |
| 2 | If you can not be sure of handling the glider safely , turn it out of the wind , hold the wing down and wait for help . |
| 3 | Hold the bar across your shoulders at the back of the neck . |
| 4 | Hold the bar across the shoulders behind the head . |
| 5 | Hold the dumb-bell in the right hand . |
| 6 | Lie on the bench with arms out straight , almost vertical , and hold the dumb-bells with palms facing each other . |
| 7 | Hold the bar with an alternate grip , that is one palm facing outwards and one facing inwards . |
| 8 | Hold the contraction for 2 seconds , then lower again . |
| 9 | It is dangerous ( and forbidden to employees ) , but is you observe common-sense , stand firmly and hold the wood in same way each time , with all soft pink bits well away from the blade , you will not end up like the man in the story that the same Health and Safety Officer delighted in telling me . |
| 10 | Its urgent overall rhythm commands the choreographer to keep the dancers moving forever onwards with greater intensity to the climax , whilst the shorter phrase rhythms give the Chosen Maiden and smaller groups such ways of moving that they hold the audience 's full attention until the fall of the curtain . |
| 11 | Hold the bath/shower mixer in place on the bath by tightening the back nut on each tap tail . |
| 12 | Hold the brush at right angles to the surface and use circular motions |
| 13 | Never hold the ball while bending . |
| 14 | You hold the machine on the surface and gradually tilt the blade downwards to saw through . |
| 15 | Two screws hold the guard in the optimum position , the open sides pointing directly away from the body of the machine . |
| 16 | The masks hold the key to the technology . |
| 17 | It is this covenant which ordains that the Christian Maronites hold the presidency , the leadership of the army and the head of the judiciary while Sunni Muslims provide the prime minister and Shia Muslims the speaker of the Lebanese parliament . |
| 18 | Schools Rugby : Wellington backs hold the key |
| 19 | The old man and the sea : more than 50 windsurfers in the Pripps Energy Tiree Wave Classic in the Hebrides hold the attention of an island crofter . |
| 20 | ‘ In those early days , ’ says Gatfield , ‘ the A&R person is everything to a new act — they hold the purse strings and there is a very special relationship because it was the A&R person who offered them the way into a record company , which is very , very special . ’ |
| 21 | Yet I hold the town close to my heart , for it is the birthplace of many a dream and memory : it is winter , it was always winter and cold , I am alone on the beach building a secret world , a sand landscape of hills , mountains , ravines with bridges , towns and harbours . |
| 22 | In Dr Clarke 's analysis , context and intention hold the keys to the history of ideas . |
| 23 | It 's gone right across its middle , but it do n't matter too much , cos if you hold the bits together you can still see it OK . |
| 24 | The NCOs — all Military Policemen hold the rank of at least Lance-Corporal — join soldiers from other units in the garrison to play ‘ locals ’ in the Army training area of Ruhieben . |
| 25 | Please hold the sachet in your hand as I tell you how a small handful of granules like these have the power to stop the world 's biggest child killer . |
| 26 | Next , hold the foot between both your hands for about a minute or two to soothe it . |
| 27 | The old remember why the revolution was started and many still hold the original ideals dear , whatever may have happened in between . |
| 28 | However , the text editor was more accommodating , and had all the utility of the address book except its auto-dialler , which only works with tone-phones ( you hold the machine 's tiny speaker against the phone ) and anyway makes you look like an idiot . |
| 29 | A rope attached to this gaff enables a number of men to drag the whale into shallow water and hold the thrashing animal while others kill it with knives . |
| 30 | ‘ Hold the line , please . ’ |