Example sentences of "hold [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | did before or after the events we are told of in the tales , and this holds for the great majority of the fabliaux . |
| 2 | The data from Study 2 for the 60 films was compared with the new ratings to see whether this holds for the full set of 60 films . |
| 3 | This true/false logic holds for the whole range of autonomizing fields , in the sense that aesthetic , scientific , normative , and legal statements can be understood as more or less valid . |
| 4 | The basic rationality principle of their greater efficiency holds across the occupational system . |
| 5 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 6 | The Hill Samuel plan envisages splitting off the UK naval and avionics businesses and giving shareholders one share in the new company for every share they hold in the existing organisation . |
| 7 | Few Marxists now hold to the traditional claim that the state is nothing but the executive committee of the bourgeoisie . |
| 8 | ‘ Present from Alan behind the bar , ’ said Sarah , drawing out the glass she had been holding behind the frilly apron the waitresses at the Right and Wrong had to wear . |
| 9 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 10 | Much of the family 's influence derived not from land , but from office holding within the royal demesne , and the implications of this tend to be overlooked . |
| 11 | a game played by holding in the closed hand one or two items , the other player having to guess at the number . |
| 12 | Elaine closed her eyes and breathed deeply , holding in the sweet scent of blossoming magnolia . |
| 13 | Thrust your elbows back 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 14 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 15 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 16 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 17 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 18 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 19 | With arms bent at shoulder level , thrust your elbows back 20 times holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 20 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 25 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 21 | Conversion is achieved by transferring the nominee holding to the beneficial owner . |
| 22 | Arnold Toynbee once argued that it is the ‘ barbaric ’ vital periphery that finally topples a declining civilization , but this maxim does not hold for the Russian Revolution . |
| 23 | If what ( 102 ) entailed was : ( 104 ) You are Napoleon and you are socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Then ( 105 ) would have to have one reading under which it meant ( 106 ) , which it clearly does not have : ( 105 ) Vous n'etes pas Napoleon ( 106 ) You are Napoleon , and you are not socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Exactly the same , and additional , arguments can be shown to hold for the complex honorifics of " exotic " languages . |
| 24 | While the escorts would hold off the Royal Navy the transports would make a short , 100-mile [ 160-km ] crossing , to around Maldon on the River Blackwater in Essex , a mere 40 miles [ 64 km ] from London . |
| 25 | His trainer Peter Harris won a race at Folkestone the following week and Supertop , with the rain-softened ground he probably needs , can hold off the likely challenge from winning hurdler Sunset Reins Free in the Barbican Handicap . |
| 26 | Three thousand members of the Sealed Knot have been re-staging the civil war battle in which the city managed to hold off the royalist seige for twenty six days . |
| 27 | while purchasing power parity may hold in the long run if real shocks are unimportant , in the short run the exchange rate is not caused by PPP considerations ; rather , with the exchange rate clearing the asset markets , variations in international competitiveness lead to equilibrating changes in the size of the traded goods sector . |
| 28 | Our Presidency will reach its climax at the Edinburgh meeting of the European Council , which we will hold in the historic palace of Holyrood House . |
| 29 | has held just about every office it is possible to hold in the Labour Party . |
| 30 | He held office for twenty-seven years and became one of the most renowned figures who have ever served the BDDA , because of his devotion to the cause of deafness and the dominating position he came to hold in the deaf world . |