Example sentences of "hold [adj] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This upstairs room still holds some of the tailors equipment . |
| 2 | While central government holds some of the cards , local authorities hold others , more in some areas of responsibility than others . |
| 3 | Inevitably the Americans hold most of the aces in this technology , controlling 85 per cent of the £100m worldwide market for GaAs integrated circuitry . |
| 4 | There is , basically , a class conflict in which the owners hold most of the cards . |
| 5 | Even if we 're not being followed , Matilda 's men hold most of the castles in this part of the country . |
| 6 | This will involve new taxes and a cut in subsidies , including the huge fertiliser subsidy regarded as critical in the farming areas that hold most of the voters . |
| 7 | He is holding some of the letters he has received . |
| 8 | It may not always be possible , but consider the feasibility of holding some of the interviews at weekends or in the evenings . |
| 9 | He was holding one of the children , who was asleep . |
| 10 | James Matthews , our reporter in Jordan says it appears the pro-Iranian group thought to be holding most of the hostages , Hezbalar is ready to end its demands for a prisoner exchange . |
| 11 | The Longfellows solid array of red T-shirts with a logo ‘ Simply The Best ’ unfortunately did n't hold good at the heels of the hunt . |
| 12 | Two men held each of the prisoners . |
| 13 | ( 6 ) Any licence transferred under this section shall be held subject to the conditions on which it was originally granted . |
| 14 | Although developed in a case to which the Hague Convention was inapplicable , the point has been recognised , though held unjustified on the facts , in a Convention case . |
| 15 | Lie your dog on his back and , holding one paw at at time , carefully trim away the excess hair with sharp , but round-ended scissor held flat against the pads . |
| 16 | The German state prosecutor 's office announced on April 8 that tests conducted on the bones of a man who died in Brazil in 1979 confirmed that the body ( discovered in 1985 — see p. 33759 ) was that of Josef Mengele , the so-called " Angel of Death " held responsible for the deaths of 400,000 prisoners at the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Second World War . |
| 17 | The images can be , but they 've also got an edge of grim humour — Heartfield and police president Zorgiebel ( below ) shows the artist 's response to the man held responsible by the Communists for the killing of May Day demonstrators in 1929 . |
| 18 | However , this person can not be held responsible for the charges due from the other residents . |
| 19 | The Gang , headed by Mao 's wife Jiang Qing , had been held responsible for the excesses of China 's 1966-76 Cultural Revolution . |
| 20 | At present , parents can be held responsible for the misdemeanors of their children , yet they are not allowed to chastise their children for fear of reprisals from the courts . |
| 21 | He was personally held responsible for the failures of his economic stewardship . |
| 22 | Subject to the contrary agreement of the partners : ( 5 ) Every partner may take part in the management of the partnership business ( 7 ) No partner may be introduced as a partner without the consent of all existing partners ( 8 ) Any difference arising as to ordinary matters connected with the partnership business may be decided by a majority of the partners , but no change may be made in the nature of the partnership business without the consent of all existing partners It is obvious enough that if a partner is to be held responsible for the acts of his co-partners committed in the name of the firm he should in principle have : ( 1 ) unrestricted access to information about those acts ; ( 2 ) every right , indeed a duty , to assume personal responsibility ( equally with his co-partners ) for the conduct of the firm 's affairs ; and ( 3 ) the right ( by exercise of a veto ) to prevent any act for which he is unwilling to accept liability . |
| 23 | Reference is constantly made to the president 's budget and the chief executive is held responsible for the consequences of budgetary policy , especially by members of the opposition party in Congress . |
| 24 | blurring responsibility : when a committee makes a decision , no individual will be held responsible for the consequences of the decision . |
| 25 | He said : ‘ We have very good arguments to prove that we can not be held responsible for the actions of a few people who did not know what they were doing . |
| 26 | ‘ Thousands of people pass through our doors every night and whilst we continue to do our best to combat the problem we can not be held responsible for the actions and intentions of each individual ’ . |
| 27 | The state of destination is given a discretion ( though the convention does not specify by which organ of the state the discretion is to be exercised ) to execute a letter rogatory which does not indicate the person to be held responsible for the costs and expenses ; the point here is that there is a discretion to refuse to execute letters in such circumstances . |
| 28 | This important legal ruling that the untaught deaf and dumb could be held responsible for the crimes they committed helped to ensure that another uneducated deaf woman was punished for the infanticide of her child . |
| 29 | At the same time the Bakufu was held responsible by the powers for attacks on foreigners by anti-foreign elements , over which it had little control . |
| 30 | Nevertheless it was the King 's ministers , the argument ran , who should be held accountable for the misdeeds of the Crown , not the King himself . |