Example sentences of "[verb] hold the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Immediately Alec 's eyes filled with sweat again and he strained to hold the delicate balance of the bucket of fire as it moved lower and closer to the shape carved out of the ground . |
| 2 | ‘ The artists resolved to hold the Sarajevan Festival of the Arts , which was first held in 1984 at the Winter Olympics , as a gesture towards civilised life and civic identity . |
| 3 | Alfie Collis , who has held the full-time post for 14 years , is retiring in September . |
| 4 | If there has been an oppressor that has held the human spirit in chains , then it is fear itself . |
| 5 | Uncertainty over the future of Mr Peterken , who has held the senior post since 1986 , comes at a time when the board , the largest in Scotland , is facing major changes . |
| 6 | Two types have been produced by the Norwich firm of Tom Smith , which has held the Royal Warrant since 1906 . |
| 7 | The painting shows a Welsh salmon more than four pounds heavier than the Scottish fish which has held the British record for seventy years . |
| 8 | Unless Mr Kravchuk — who likes to be seen holding the spiky bulava ( mace ) , the symbol of Ukraine 's bygone Cossack leaders — puts his vanity aside , he could end up being judged as harshly as the most famous Cossack , Bohdan Khmelnytsky . |
| 9 | No Smiths fan , it seems , would dare to be seen holding the dreaded burger . |
| 10 | Lochnagar seemed to hold the ancient spirit of the land . |
| 11 | Erm , from the E C were , we 've decided to hold the usual Christmas social and Peggy and myself will organise as before with the usual conscripts , you know , the usual team of workers , volunteers I mean . |
| 12 | The manoeuvring goes on : Boris Yeltsin appears to have backtracked slightly on the powers he has assumed to by-pass the Supreme Soviet , although he still intends to hold the planned referendum ; meanwhile the parliament has called a full session of the Congress of People 's Deputies to impeach the president , but there is uncertainty about whether the hardliners can actually muster a sufficient majority . |
| 13 | Eventually , the rate of interest will reach Oi 2 at which point firms and households are induced to hold the increased money supply in speculative balances . |
| 14 | The two Foreign Ministers also agreed to hold the inaugural meeting of the Korea-Japan Committee for co-operation in trade , industry and science and technology in Tokyo early in 1991 . |
| 15 | It was agreed to hold the sixth round of talks in January 1992 . |
| 16 | This is the ORACLE account which will be used to hold the transferred LIFESPAN data . |
| 17 | On a windy day , guy ropes were needed to hold the flat scenery upright . |
| 18 | But you were too young to realise just how much work you have to put in at that stage of building up a business , how much effort it takes to hold the whole thing together and stop it from collapsing around you . ’ |
| 19 | The balance will be invested in property and shares of carefully selected major companies , both home and abroad , which our Investment Managers believe hold the best potential for long term capital growth . |
| 20 | It seems you keep having to hold the same conversation over and over again . |
| 21 | The student should attempt to hold the stretched position of each exercise for as long as possible . |
| 22 | • Adhesive Knit to hold the 2nd skin in place and reduce friction . |
| 23 | Having held the required pitch attitude long enough — say 10–15 seconds — for the performance instruments to stabilise , then check the height . |
| 24 | He sat for Westmorland in the Reformation Parliament ( 1529–36 ) and may have held the same seat subsequently . |
| 25 | The two sides agreed to hold the next round of talks in Beijing in the first half of 1992 . |
| 26 | Alternatively , he might prefer to hold the other party to the contract but would like some compensation for the breach and if the breach concerns a minor term this is usually the better solution . |
| 27 | We therefore attempt to hold the current program " context " in the fast accumulators as the program is executed ; since it may be difficult for a programmer or compiler to establish such a current context at each point , it has been proposed that the accumulator array be replaced by an associative store , and this is discussed in 5.5 . |
| 28 | Towards the end of the 3-day FFA meeting , the Japanese , ‘ in a spirit of goodwill and co-operation' ’ , offered to hold the drift-net fleet for 1989–90 to the same level as the previous season — 60 vessels . |
| 29 | The presidium and committees were to be formed by December , and it was hoped to hold the first session of the Baltic Assembly by January 1992 . |
| 30 | When United held the upper hand , which was for most of the first half , they were more dominant than Aberdeen were after the interval . |