Example sentences of "hold the [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BBC BASIC does this for you automatically and provides a pointer PTR# ( a pseudo-variable ) which holds the position of the NEXT character ( byte ) to be written/read . |
| 2 | Certainly the ethos of an Augustinian priory with its stress on the expression of an inner religious faith in the active life of the community would have been sympathetic to the characteristic concern Hilton displays in his writing not just for professional religious but for all those , whether in active or enclosed life , who feel that their religious faith holds the secret of a dimension of fulfilment to which they desire access . |
| 3 | Your partner holds the pad at the side of the shin of the flexed leg . |
| 4 | The simplest form of index is one that holds the address of every record . |
| 5 | There is also a 16-bit stack pointer register , which holds the address of the top of a stack or last-in-first-out list of store locations ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 6 | The home record storage area holds the address of the first synonym . |
| 7 | This holds the address of the second synonym , and so on . |
| 8 | The idea , he says , is to spread the message that neither organised religion nor conventional science holds the answers to the world 's problems . |
| 9 | Following the general election in April 1989 the Arab Baath Socialist Party holds the majority of the Assembly seats , the remainder being distributed among members of the state-sponsored National Progressive Patriotic Front ( NPPF ) [ see p. 36601 ] . |
| 10 | The latter is further symbolized in the awakening lion and the eagle that holds the emblem of the city in its feet . |
| 11 | The butcher holds the head by the hair and deftly scalps it , then , tying the long black hair into a knot , he tosses it into the gully . |
| 12 | A metal L-shaped guide holds the work underneath a very thin saw blade , held between metal uprights . |
| 13 | The hon. Member for Broxtowe ( Mr. Lester ) holds the attention of the House when he speaks on foreign affairs , and rightly so . |
| 14 | Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 . |
| 15 | George also holds the record for the number of goals scored in a single season from the flank with a fabulous 22 goals in 1927–28 . |
| 16 | The Asdex tokamak at Garching in West Germany has what is known as a ‘ poloidal divertor ’ and holds the record for the duration of a plasma in a tokamak — Asdex has sustained its plasma for 10 seconds . |
| 17 | At the other end of the scale , Dall holds the record for the most powerful single-lens microscopes . |
| 18 | President Theodore Roosevelt holds the record for the number of hands shaken at an official function ? |
| 19 | The Gaboon viper holds the record for the longest fangs — of the snake 's 3 m ( 10 ft ) length , the fangs measure almost 3 cm ( 1 in ) . |
| 20 | Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter . |
| 21 | WALES holds the record among the regions for the number of organisations actively involving themselves in getting new lines opened , new stations added and services improved . |
| 22 | Holds the strength for the plant against the season |
| 23 | An index register normally holds the offset of the current element within the vector , and needs suitable modification between iterations of the loop . |
| 24 | A delay timer , variable between zero and 180 seconds , holds the elevator at the end of the slew , allowing the corners of the store to be filled evenly . |
| 25 | To its detriment , the traditional easel always holds the canvas at a slight backward tilt and can not easily paintings above or below a certain size . |
| 26 | To its detriment , the traditional easel always holds the canvas at a slight backward tilt and can not easily paintings above or below a certain size . |
| 27 | GRiD also holds the Patent on the idea of a fold-up screen which is part of every laptop , or notebook computer . |
| 28 | The village of West Witton in Yorkshire holds the ceremony of the ‘ Burning of Bartle ’ on the Saturday nearest to 24 August , St Bartholomew 's Day , to whom the local church is dedicated . |
| 29 | WMGO holds the account in the UK , while BBDO holds it in Italy . |
| 30 | This great medieval church still holds the shrine of the Three Wise Men , taken there by Barbarossa 's Chancellor Rainald von Dassell . |