Example sentences of "[modal v] hold [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 You will note that they are initially indicating that you should hold some of the Flybynight stock for a period of two years .
2 Family religion forged bonds which , it was hoped , would hold firm through the valley of death .
3 The official results of the legislative elections held on Nov. 22 [ see pp. 39186-87 ] were announced on Dec. 5 , confirming that the New Majority-Change-90 ( NM-Cambio-90 ) coalition supporting President Alberto Keinya Fujimori would hold 44 of the 80 seats in the new Democratic Constituent Congress ( CCD ) .
4 This will hold good for the more regularly used applications .
5 Holders of the prefs will forego dividends in return for 13.7 per cent compound growth over the trust 's seven years , thereby allowing the managers to increase dividends to ordinary shareholders who will hold two-thirds of the capital .
6 Whether that will hold true across the country remains to be seen .
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