Example sentences of "to hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it can be possible for the documents to be signed after you have sent a payment by cheque provided that you arrange for us to hold the cheque and not pay it into the bank until we have received the signed Deed of Covenant . |
| 2 | To the question , therefore , which ought to hold the first rank , Raphael or Michelangelo , it must be answered , that if it is to be given to him who possessed a greater combination of the higher qualities of the art than any other man , there is no doubt but Raphael is the first . |
| 3 | With a modern glider which has a lower wing and the wheel well ahead of the c.g. , this weathercocking will be even more pronounced , so it is better to hold the down wind tip . |
| 4 | ( Always put a knowledgeable and reliable person at the tail , and remind them only to hold the tail down if that is necessary to move the glider easily . ) |
| 5 | However , someone seeing you may do the same thing using a crude ‘ dead man ’ to hold the fuselage upright . |
| 6 | Some people think that it is useful to hold the stick back during the early part of the ground run , until sufficient speed has been reached to ensure good rudder control . |
| 7 | With all types of glider , it is wise to hold the stick right forward for the initial part of the ground run , so that there is no possibility of the glider zooming off the ground and into a steep climb if the winch driver applies full power too quickly . |
| 8 | With most gliders , the easiest way to enter a side-slip and to hold the heading is to freeze the rudder central while applying the bank . |
| 9 | Most beginners apply the opposite rudder too harshly and this makes it difficult to hold the bank constant . |
| 10 | K-Swiss use their five strip lacing system for constant lateral support , combined with a D-ring cinch system to hold the laces firmly in place and so stabilise the foot . |
| 11 | If the ribs ( sides ) are thinner , as suggested ( about 1.5mm ) hot bending will not be necessary and a better shape can be achieved by the use of a simple jig to hold the ribs while the glue dries . |
| 12 | By making a stand it is possible to hold the unit in position at a constant height above the worktop , while marking and drilling the holes , and then fixing the unit in place . |
| 13 | The rules are still valid and the libretto of any ballet neglecting them often fails to hold the attention of its audience because the content has been weakened by too many irrelevances . |
| 14 | But the latter 's pause was often to hold the dancers in perfect 5th positions of both arms and feet . |
| 15 | Morrells hopes to hold the price of cask mild for a further 12 months . |
| 16 | For hollow walls , you can get special plastic boxes with ‘ wings ’ which open up behind the plasterboard to hold the box in place . |
| 17 | There is a small spring catch to hold the dust bag in place and at the correct alignment . |
| 18 | As late as last year a narrow conference majority wanted to hold the party to unilateral nuclear disarmament . |
| 19 | Just when we expected to see Cordoba produce an extra gear as Walter Swinburn got to work with the whip , the son of El Gran Senor capitulated and it was Balla Cove who produced extra reserves to hold the late thrust of Rock City . |
| 20 | Mr Lawson denied he had acted as if sterling was a full member of the EMS , but his decision to hold the pound above DM3 with higher base rates was seen by several analysts as just that . |
| 21 | The provision of efficient services and the involvement of users of the stock market is seen as a vital way in which to hold the market together . |
| 22 | The EIT 's policy is to hold the patents for products and processes accruing from its funding and to allow members to licence them . |
| 23 | Markets have learned to judge when one approach becomes incompatible with the other , as was the case in May last year when Mrs Thatcher effectively vetoed further attempts by Mr Lawson to hold the pound below DM3 . |
| 24 | Today , markets have judged that Mr Lawson 's endeavours to hold the pound at above DM3 had reached their limit — or hers . |
| 25 | To hold the pound within its margins the system requires a member country to intervene in the markets when its currency diverges 75 per cent of the way to its permitted fluctuation margins , either side of the central rate . |
| 26 | At the point of full divergence , Britain could call on other EMS central banks to hold the pound within its agreed trading limits . |
| 27 | Line Of Vision , who finished second to the highly rated Argentum at Nottingham , should do best of the pair , but may fail to hold the impressive Brighton winner , Alysardi ( 3.40 ) , who at $205,000 as a yearling , cost almost 10 times as much . |
| 28 | At the end of September , 35 English dealers and 15 from the Continent joined 35 American dealers to hold the first International Antique Dealers ' Show at the Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue , in the heart of Manhattan . |
| 29 | No longer had the miners , the shock troops of the British working class , the power to dictate to a British government or to hold the community to ransom by sheer industrial muscle . |
| 30 | ‘ He discoursed about his understanding of the Church and he said that we had to hold the high and the low together but for his part his sympathies were with the high . |