Example sentences of "[verb] to hold [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 In a trolley designed to hold food at the correct temperature .
2 Archives and museums keep objects that hold information and they store information about the entities ( i.e. objects ) they hold , but whether they can be said to hold knowledge in the same way libraries do is debatable .
3 It is not since the days of rivalry between Bill Shankly and Don Revie that Leeds have won at Liverpool , and more recently every ground seems to hold menace for the Yorkshire side .
4 Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry .
5 Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry .
6 So lest any misunderstandings arrive that this is some thin end of some wedge , I should also add that the restriction we 're proposing only applies to national committees , does n't apply to any other office anywhere in the union and to reinforce that point the C E C will be recommending support for a general motion underlining the rights of people who are unemployed or retired to hold office throughout the G M B.
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