Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Recall Keynes 's retention of the ‘ real wage equals marginal product ’ principle , so that only the first marginal condition failed to hold in the General Theory model . ) |
| 2 | In England and Wales the relationship has held throughout the 20th century , and has been particularly strong in the last twenty years … . |
| 3 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
| 4 | In his second capacity , as heir of Warwick 's public role , Gloucester took over the major royal offices which the earl had held in the north . |
| 5 | In his second capacity , as heir of Warwick 's public role , Gloucester took over the major royal offices which the earl had held in the north . |
| 6 | Three thousand members of the Sealed Knot have been re-staging the civil war battle in which the city managed to hold off the royalist seige for twenty six days . |
| 7 | It 's no coincidence that malaria took hold as the gold rush intensified . |
| 8 | All day long the murky weather had held over the River Thames and as night closed in the February fog swirled out into the narrow cobbled lanes and backstreets of Bermondsey . |