Example sentences of "[vb mod] hold [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this is done it is probable that this will have the effect of releasing any original tenant or surety from liability in the event that the tenant should hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 after the expiry of the break-notice ( cf Junction Estates Ltd v Cope ( 1974 ) 27 P & CR 482 ; City of London Corporation v Fell ( 1993 ) 04 EG 115 ) . |
| 2 | His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . |
| 3 | You must hold on to the hurt . |
| 4 | The under sheriff must hold on to the balance for 14 days in case any steps should be taken to make the defendant bankrupt , in which case he would have to pay the money he has recovered to the receiver . |
| 5 | Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works . |
| 6 | Among the speakers who had convinced the Bosnian Serbs that they must hold out against the world was a guest of honour , a painter called Milic Od Macve . |
| 7 | But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money . |
| 8 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 9 | In which case , if our relationship was already wrecked beyond repair , I could hold on to the phetam . |
| 10 | But at least they could hold off within the value of what they now held , and were empowered to dispose of to advantage . |
| 11 | The Coventry manager 's son Jonathan , who made his debut against Liverpool as Ogrizovic 's deputy , will hold on to the No 1 jersey . |
| 12 | Consideration of the first of these categories will hold over to the next section . |
| 13 | From the behavioural point of view , the principal male characteristic is sadistic sexual egoism , since is it clear that only the male who is capable of driving off his rivals can hold on to the females of the breeding group . |