Example sentences of "hold [prep] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | No matter what the future holds for the next generation and the delicate trembling wilderness , at least we can promise our children and grandchildren one sure thing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The basic rationality principle of their greater efficiency holds across the occupational system . |
| 6 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 7 | Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Their holders would adopt the same position of relative irrelevance that they hold in the republican democracies of Europe . |
| 10 | Few Marxists now hold to the traditional claim that the state is nothing but the executive committee of the bourgeoisie . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I scramble down a muddy , leaf-littered bank and into a chilly stream at the bottom ; it flows over one boot and I whisper , ‘ Shit ’ and squelch up the far bank , holding onto the cold branches of bushes and the mud-slimy roots of trees . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | a game played by holding in the closed hand one or two items , the other player having to guess at the number . |
| 16 | Elaine closed her eyes and breathed deeply , holding in the sweet scent of blossoming magnolia . |
| 17 | Thrust your elbows back 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 18 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 19 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 20 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 15 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 21 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 22 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 20 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 23 | With arms bent at shoulder level , thrust your elbows back 20 times holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 24 | Thrust your elbows back at shoulder level 25 times , holding in the extreme thrust position for 1 second between each repetition . |
| 25 | Conversion is achieved by transferring the nominee holding to the beneficial owner . |
| 26 | The problem comes when your parents have a slight concern for what you are doing , ( as mine do ) , + it gives the impression that you are still tightly holding to the old apron-strings . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Sir John Wolfenden , the then vice-chancellor of Reading University , was chosen to be its Chairman , a job which he was to hold for the three years that the Committee took to produce its Report . |
| 30 | 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 . |