Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was always busy with these pages , working out the correct day for planting date trees , for pollinating or foretelling the week when the pods would burst and the golden maidenhair would tumble out into the sun , each hair holding the promise of a cluster of dates . |
| 2 | But the easiest to explain it is the fact there is that less gravity on this side holding the sea water in . |
| 3 | This file holds the polygon ( zone ) outlines in order Z01 to Z42 . |
| 4 | For a long time , too long in fact , this theory held the field , until improved analytical methods showed that various samples of nucleic acid did not have the exact constant proportions of the different bases required by Levene 's tetra-structure . |
| 5 | If the sides are very steep , it may be necessary to erect some formwork to hold the concrete while it is setting . |
| 6 | This approach holds the promise of making the computer a valuable resource in teaching throughout the curriculum . |
| 7 | Demaine thinks that LOGO holds the promise of giving children access to advanced concepts at a far earlier stage than Piaget would have thought possible . |
| 8 | You use this both to anchor the sledge during a trip , by stamping it into the snow , and at the start of each day to hold the sledge , by clunking it on to a tree trunk . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't sit there all day holding the rod and feeling for only one or two bites , which is all you get on the water I fish , ’ and , ‘ I 'd like to see anyone catch fish from my local cut when touch legering . ’ |
| 10 | If he ever arrived at that most famous of all Dwarf Holds the Dwarf records do not tell . |
| 11 | It must be borne in mind that more copper equates to more adhesive holding the copper foil onto the glass fibre panel . |
| 12 | Boots is another major player , both as a retailer and manufacturer , and its own brand holds the number two position with 20% of the market . |
| 13 | There are bills from London tailors and hat-makers and the same building holds the tomb of Anthony Foster , thought by many to be instrumental in the demise of this popular young woman . |
| 14 | Open access to all this vast capacity for generation of information creates its own demands : in the US alone 18 million filing cabinets are manufactured each year to hold the paper output . |
| 15 | In other words the tippee must , first , obtain from an individual , information which he knows to be unpublished price sensitive information ; secondly , he must know that the individual is a ‘ connected individual ’ within the meaning of the legislation ; thirdly , he must know or have reasonable cause to believe that that individual holds the information by virtue of being so connected ; and finally , he must know or have reasonable cause to expect that that individual should not have disclosed the information save for the proper performance of that individual 's duties . |
| 16 | The Michelin Guide to the Côte de l'Atlantique says that this eerie and impressive cavern , which communicates by a passage through the cliff to the château on the summit , was probably made in the twelfth century to shelter the relics of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem brought back from a Crusade by Pierre II of Castillon , who at that time held the château . |