Example sentences of "to hold [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theologians have generally found it possible to hold together belief in the fulness of God in Christ and belief in the unchangeable perfection of the divine nature . |
| 2 | • Algae magnets can be used to hold down lettuce leaves for herbivorous fish . |
| 3 | There is no doubting the determination of Alan Greenspan to hold down inflation , but he does not enjoy the same political independence as Germany 's Bundesbank . |
| 4 | Her heart going like a trip-hammer , Fabia fought valiantly to hold down panic . |
| 5 | The nineteenth-century origins of these provisions are closely tied into a desire to hold down state expenditure and to ensure that the wealthier classes did not have to dig too deep into their pockets to support people who could not work for wages . |
| 6 | Indeed , while with one hand trying to hold down expenditure by local authorities , the Government found itself by the late 1980s involved with the other hand in massive ear-marked spending on inner urban areas . |
| 7 | These included ( i ) a 90-day moratorium on new federal regulations which could hamper growth , and a fundamental review of all existing regulations ; ( ii ) an instruction to all Cabinet departments and federal agencies " to speed up pro-growth expenditure " , which would infuse an extra $10,000 million into the economy in the next six months ; ( iii ) a change in the federal tax withholding schedules which would stimulate domestic demand by returning some $25,000 million to the economy over the next 12 months ; and ( iv ) a commitment to work with the Federal Reserve Board to hold down interest rates and inflation . |
| 8 | As the Financial Times pointed out , there are rational arguments for the government to borrow the money , instead of trying to hold down investment in order to raise the funds from private investors and short term price rises for consumers of 7 per cent above inflation or more . |
| 9 | Party chiefs hope to unite Tory rebels who want to hold up ratification with opposition MPs who see the Government motion as vote of confidence in John Major . |
| 10 | ‘ We do not want to bypass the elected representatives , but they can not be allowed to hold up progress . |
| 11 | It is one thing , though no doubt foolish , for the president to hold up air traffic while he gets a haircut from a high-priced snipper on the tarmac of Los Angeles airport . |
| 12 | In Raoul 's case , there is a further frame attached to the sub-frame , and this is to hold both camera and radio equipment because , as you can see , he has utilised each of the pivot points as centres for cogwheels . |
| 13 | In later years , by contrast , he came to speak in public less and less frequently , despite being repeatedly urged to do so by Goebbels and others , evidently realizing only too well how closely the effectiveness of his rhetoric was dependent on being able to report success and to hold out hope for an end to the war . |
| 14 | It was clear that there had been an implicit agreement to hold back output until a higher price was fixed . |
| 15 | Never a person to hold back criticism when he felt it was needed , he lashed Lucien mercilessly with harsh words , and threw up his hands in despair when Lucien fouled yet another movement . |
| 16 | To men like this , we say : ‘ These black leaders are risking their necks to hold back violence , to stave off war . |
| 17 | Perhaps it is better to say that it is a prima facie relationship which can be used for prescriptive advice to hold back investment unless the ‘ dog ’ management can establish an exceptional case . |
| 18 | I was tired of trying to hold back time ; it just swept ahead regardless . |
| 19 | In a fine speech that preceded the president 's , Colin Powell , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , said in essence that it was wrong for servicemen to hold back respect for their commander-in-chief simply because of what he did long ago . |