Example sentences of "held [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shaking a match out involves a lot of rattling and scratching about , before he lights the turd using two matches held together for a brighter flare . |
| 2 | The second principle simply says that ‘ personal data shall be held only for one or more specified and lawful purposes ’ . |
| 3 | However , as for small group tutorials , colloquia and seminars are usually held only for the senior years of the course . |
| 4 | It relies instead on a political theory about the legitimacy of private power and the conditions subject to which that power may be exercised : a theory that contends that power may be legitimately held only for the purpose of furthering the public good . |
| 5 | According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions . |
| 6 | They seem unskilled in the simple acts that console women when they are distressed — like being held gently for as long as they need to be held , making murmuring noises rather than using words ( or even worse , forming sentences ) , wiping tears away and blowing noses … in other words giving the same comfort which you would give to a child . |
| 7 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |
| 8 | It 's part of the biggest event of it 's kind to be staged in Britain , and it 's been held especially for handicapped and underprivileged youngsters . |
| 9 | However , it was disappointing that a new international instrument on ‘ disappearances ’ was held over for further study . |
| 10 | Accepting the logic of this situation the matter was held over for further review at a later Department Head meeting . |
| 11 | The holiday camps are held separately for the different sexes , mirroring the gender segregation that occurs in the majority of Northern Ireland 's schools , but another form of segregation in schooling which is not reproduced is that of religion , for the few Catholic schools that exist in the Easton area nominate participants . |
| 12 | With no airbrake the glider will float some distance even at low speed , and it must still be held off for a proper touchdown . |
| 13 | As she stared at him , she knew it had come , the moment of physical and emotional confrontation she had held off for so long , and she felt so vulnerable that she could barely breathe . |
| 14 | This daily confronting of the ‘ primitive terror ’ as represented by the sea is held up for our admiration . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't suppose it matters if that 's held up for ten minutes . ’ |
| 16 | Its release had , however , been held up for some time on instructions from C. M. Woolf , a shrewd film salesman who had played a key role in financing the first projects of both Balcon and Wilcox . |
| 17 | The start of trading on the New York and American Stock Exchanges was held up for an hour yesterday after a fire , caused by an electrical fault , broke out in the building housing the exchanges ' computer systems , writes Mary Brasier in New York . |
| 18 | When this happened the traffic was held up for three of four days whilst the track was repaired . |
| 19 | Proper planning was held up for a time until the route of the M4 was decided , as an early outline brought it through Harpsden and over Peppard . |
| 20 | Matty and Chris 's return flight is held up for seven hours . |
| 21 | If you work in a university , polytechnic , college or school anywhere in the world and your work is held up for lack of funding , the Research Fund may be able to help you . |
| 22 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 23 | Officials from the HSE told MPs that their work on implementing the recommendation of Britain 's advisory committee on asbestos was held up for two years while they worked on the EEC plan . |
| 24 | During this period , wild and woolly concepts of ‘ national grids ’ of leys were published and thick black pencil lines defaced countless maps — naive enthusiasm that is still held up for ridicule by ley sceptics . |
| 25 | They found , however , that this relationship only held up for workers in small-town settings . |
| 26 | All the ships , large and small , which had been held up for days past , had now unfurled their sails and were putting to sea . |
| 27 | Despite a 150-strong police presence , traffic was held up for two hours as the farmers taunted Britons , shouting and waving banners which read ‘ Britain is an island . |
| 28 | There were no serious injuries , but one passenger was cut by flying glass and traffic was held up for over an hour . |
| 29 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 30 | Most wo n't pay up for delays unless your flight is held up for at least 12 hours — 10 with Thomas Cook . |