Example sentences of "hold [adj] for [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There appeared to be a determinate , stable , inverse relationship between the rate of change of money wages and the unemployment rate which had continued to hold good for almost a century . |
| 2 | Although the officers of these contrasting units might be held responsible for both the good and the bad behaviour , there is a touch of the ‘ kind ’ and the ‘ nasty ’ treatment often meted out to prisoners in the hope of gaining information . |
| 3 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 4 | He said he had always worked for the benefit of his country and could not be held responsible for how the hard currency he procured was spent by its leaders . |
| 5 | The defendants were held liable for both the original injury and the encephalitis , as it was foreseeable that the plaintiff would be given an anti-tetanus injection . |