Example sentences of "hold [adv] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gael , who is not religious , holds only with the first half of the double limerick according to which existence depends on being the object of another 's perception . |
| 2 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 3 | That 's it because what you well you either hold on to the first five or six and then you lose the rest or sometimes you remember the beginning and the end and you lose the bit in the middle , ah . |
| 4 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 5 | Consideration of the first of these categories will hold over to the next section . |
| 6 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |
| 7 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |
| 8 | Denmead opened the scoring through Chris King and they held on until the second half when Campbell Wilson equalised for Good Sports . |
| 9 | Launched on a miniscule budget and a surge of dubious optimism , held together in the first eighteen months by a poultice of desperation and blind faith ( not to mention liberal applications of cow gum and sellotape ) , still independent after a decade of brinkmanship publishing this is a tremendous achievement . |
| 10 | The first ‘ official ’ race was held in 1972 and it has been held annually on the first or second Wednesday in May ever since . |
| 11 | The Scottish women 's teams have been held annually on the last weekend in February since before the war , but some five years ago the male members of the SBU council decided this was unfair and established the national men 's teams held in Perth on Sunday . |
| 12 | It is on a much smaller scale than those held just after the Second World War when animals and livestock were included and a show ring was erected for the horse and pony events . |
| 13 | ‘ I got held up at the last minute . ’ |
| 14 | The commandos , who belong to a 55-strong group of US military advisers in El Salvador , had held out on the sixth floor of the annexe during the siege .. |
| 15 | Objective 1 status would provide 53,000 people from Dornoch northwards with a modern rail service , not one held back in the 19th century . ’ |
| 16 | A handful of snipers held out to the last , and received no quarter . |
| 17 | Legislative elections were held simultaneously with the first round of the presidential elections on April 8 , 1990 , when no party gained an overall majority [ see p. 37371 ] . |
| 18 | The festival was held outdoors for the first eighty years , but moved indoors after torrential rain caused the collapse of the stage as the congregation were singing The Heavens are Telling ! |
| 19 | ‘ Advertising revenue has held well over the last year and we now see some small signs of an upturn after three years of recession , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | Nuremberg will forever be associated with the trials held here after the last war , which is a shame . |
| 21 | The trapping season is centred around a bi-annual songbird fair , the Sagra dei Osei , held regularly since the 13th century . |