Example sentences of "hold they [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strict control on the police and military would include a code of conduct for the police , holding them responsible to the public , and mechanisms to investigate complaints against the police . |
| 2 | South Korean President Roh Tae Woo dismissed two members of his Cabinet and the governor of North Chungchong province on Sept. 19 , after holding them responsible for the massive damage which resulted from severe flooding earlier in the month in Seoul and the central region of the country . |
| 3 | Pupils with defective sight are especially in need of the opportunity to look at objects at close range , holding them near to the eye and having time to gaze . |
| 4 | Nobody would now hold them responsible for the Revolution in France , but the Encyclopedie , which Diderot inaugurated ( and edited with D'Alembert ) and to which he contributed hundreds of articles himself , undermined the authority of the regime , and argued for a re-ordering of society on rational grounds . |
| 5 | ‘ Slowly , ’ he warned and backed the tiny storm jib , making the sheet fast so that the breeze would hold them clear of the Baglietto 's stern . |
| 6 | In his Autumn Statement in November 1989 the Chancellor of the Exchequer accused local authorities of ‘ massive overspending ’ , and held them responsible for the fact that public expenditure for 1989/90 was expected to be £1 billion higher than originally planned . |
| 7 | Ten years earlier no Company official would have done much about this , and even in 1757 not many officials would have done the same as Clive : he joined the conspiracy against Siraj-ud-Daula , led his little army of 3,000 men against the Bengal army of 60,000 , committed his troops beyond hope of withdrawal by crossing the Hughli ( the lesser Ganges ) , and on 23 June 1757 held them steady at the battle of Plassey . |