Example sentences of "hold up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you force his limbs into clothes , the same effect follows : in the arm this can cause severe shoulder pain which will hold up the patient 's rehabilitation . |
| 2 | His scouts had assessed that the enemy numbers would reach around twenty thousand , and were moving fairly fast , a mounted host save for the Islesmen and Highlanders who , trained to proceed long distances at the run , and lightly clad , did not hold up the horse to any extent . |
| 3 | In this passage Plekhanov makes the straightforward claim that , while individuals can hasten or hold up the course of events , determined by the ‘ social needs ’ of a society , generated by its forces of production , they can not change it . |
| 4 | Provided they do n't hold up the meeting too often , it is often useful to have one such man at the meeting , since he can be relied upon to ask the naive question that many others would like to ask but dare not . |
| 5 | However , the likelihood is that processing and seeking will be entirely overlapped so this will not hold up the overall run very seriously . |
| 6 | I would suggest that we can deal with these parties if they arise but that we should not hold up the negotiations with the top four . |
| 7 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |