Example sentences of "[adv] hold [adj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The table has to be solid enough not to give way when the patient rests on it , and it should be big enough to hold all the things the patient needs when he is out of bed . |
| 2 | The desk would have to be large enough to hold all the equipment necessary and also allow space behind for books etc to be stored . |
| 3 | For the moment the tsar not only held all the cards at home but also was continuing to improve his position abroad . |
| 4 | She had a growing conviction that conventional psychology could not hold all the answers — and that there was a missing link which meant that , very often , people 's problems remained unsolved . |
| 5 | It could not hold half the papers that were in my cupboard . ’ |
| 6 | The landlords still hold all the power . |
| 7 | In the previous chapter I deliberately held open the question whether Zande witchcraft should be classified as ‘ religion ’ or as something different . |