Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the trust route the widow will be left the £1M of non-qualifying assets and will use them to " buy " ( by way of exchange ) the qualifying assets ( which she must hold for the requisite two years ( before death ) ) . |
| 2 | There was a slight tremor to the hand she had raised , as if she could hold off the madness that way , and she dropped it swiftly as she absorbed the hardness of his saturnine face and the overt demand glittering hotly in his eyes . |
| 3 | Tip three tonight is Abbey View Margo in race seven , trap two ; well drawn , she can hold off the threats of trap one , Vera May . |
| 4 | Our Presidency will reach its climax at the Edinburgh meeting of the European Council , which we will hold in the historic palace of Holyrood House . |
| 5 | Where the wife and new husband are to hold as beneficial joint tenants it is not strictly necessary to incorporate an express power of sale and purport to extend the powers of the trustees of the conveyance in the conveyance since the Law of Property Act 1925 ( ss35 and 36 ) already implies that they will hold upon the " statutory trusts " . |
| 6 | There was no guarantee that it would lead to a new deal for the industry nor that , even as a compromise , it would hold against the tensions of a situation in which one side at least seemed determined to continue on a collision course . |