Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FDA Division of Epidemiology and Surveillance has consistently held over the past six years that triazolam produces many more and more severe psychiatric adverse reactions than comparable benzodiazepines . |
| 2 | He did well to hold off the challenge , battling bravely to last home by a short head . |
| 3 | Umbrellas could be made of oiled cloth , so that they did incidentally hold off the rain . |
| 4 | At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East . |
| 5 | Mutual jealousy , particularly concerning affairs they had both held in the past ( 4 years ) . |
| 6 | It was Karl Franz who led the charge of the Reiksguard at the battle of Norduin against the Bretonnians , where the Emperor 's personal valour finally broke the resistance of the Bretonnian flank guard and drove them from the narrow defile which they had defiantly held throughout the battle . |
| 7 | Listening to the gruff Stanier exhaust beat and mournful hooter whilst observing the artefacts and rolling stock reinforces the opinion I have always held on the Worth Valley Railways — a centre of excellence ! |
| 8 | There are first of all those colleagues who for a very long time have consistently held to the view that Britain should not be a part of the Common Market . |