Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun sg] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Court held the refusal was a breach of his right to a private and family life , since the file was the major record of his childhood , and there should have been an independent body which could override an improper refusal of consent . |
| 2 | I beg to move , to leave out from ’ House ’ to the end of the Question and to add instead thereof : regrets that Her Majesty 's Government 's preoccupation with divisions in its own Party has meant that in the Inter-Governmental Conferences it has not taken the negotiating approach necessary to ensure that the United Kingdom exercises decisive influence on the future of the Community in ways which will help to advance the living and working standards of the people of this country in company with other peoples of Europe ; calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to work for an agreement at the European Council which ensures inclusion of the Social Charter , qualified majority voting on social and environmental matters , powers for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account in ways that complement the role of national parliaments , decision-making at the level — local , regional , national or Community — where maximum democratic control is at all times exercised , foreign and security policy co-operation without the development of a European Community military role , widening of the Community as rapidly as practicable , co-operation to combat terrorism and other crime , and strengthened powers for ECOFIN as the politically responsible counterpart to any European Central Bank system ; and urges the Government to work to secure agreement to , and adopt policies for , high levels of employment , sustainable non-inflationary growth , balanced regional and national economic development and social cohesion , and for the fundamental reform of the CAP , in order to achieve real economic convergence in the years leading to economic and monetary union and a single currency as the essential foundation for those changes and to safeguard the long-term interests of the people of the United Kingdom . ' . |
| 3 | The lower pool holds the main body of water that is pumped to the top one to return via the fall . |
| 4 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 5 | Spackman is seen walking out of a black niche , his right leg forward , and the right hand holding the winding-sheet against the outer thigh ; underneath he wears an open shirt with broad cuffs from which the draw-strings have been released . |
| 6 | A former youth runner for Britain and a world class rock climber in his teens , he is also the youngest person to hold the top ‘ grandmaster ’ karate grade of Judan Hanshi and the highest graded Westerner in the martial arts of kung-fu and aikido . |
| 7 | Negotiations with a difficult character ( e.g. the Pied Piper holding the town 's children in the mountain caverns ) are better conducted with the teacher taking on the problematic role because the teacher can judge just how difficult to make the task , and can allow the children success when they need it . |
| 8 | Following the second round , the Democratic Convention held the mayoralties of all six sectors of Bucharest and its candidate , Crin Halaicu , was elected general mayor of the capital with 56 per cent of the vote against 44 per cent for his NSF opponent . |
| 9 | He formed the A. S. Neill Society to spread libertarian views on education , and the following year held the first of a series of camps for potential pupils and staff . |
| 10 | The hard disc holds the teeming registers of potential purchasers and his own mind is merged with this other , faster random-access memory , so that he can turn to me and say , ‘ You want ABC ones with late four-door Volvos ? |
| 11 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
| 12 | He reached in and wrenched the little bundle of plastic bands out of my hands , and I sat there , silent , watching as he fumbled the bands into position with the little cup to hold the weapon under his right armpit . |
| 13 | The left hand holds the rabbit 's back legs , the right hand takes hold of the rabbit 's head in front of the ears . |
| 14 | Hermes at the left end holds the winged horses of Athena 's chariot which she is mounting ; on the central slab another goddess , almost certainly Aphrodite , steps down from a chariot which faces the other way . |
| 15 | In 1474 he held the office of Sheriff of London and Middlesex , and was Mayor of London in 1482–83 — the 200th Mayor of the City , and the eleventh Goldsmith to hold the honour . |
| 16 | It was announced on Dec. 13 that British Airways , the Dutch carrier KLM , and the Belgian carrier Sabena had agreed to form a new airline , to be called Sabena World Airlines , in which each would hold a 20 per cent stake ( the Belgian government holding the remainder ) . |
| 17 | There is no top ledge as with the T-cut method to hold the bud in position while you bind it in , so you have to be careful how you handle the bass or the elastic band . |
| 18 | In hard cases , on the other hand , the negative part holds the stage . |
| 19 | Cut off the water supply to the tap to be converted , then unscrew the retaining screw holding the tap handle . |
| 20 | The guide should be slightly in front whilst the blind pupil holds the guide 's arm lightly just above the elbow . |
| 21 | And in the other hand was the orange soap holding the shadow of a dragon , the clear and perfect indentation of a three-inch-long green plastic dragon . |
| 22 | The sixth person to hold the post and the first from the African continent , he would succeed Javier Pérez de Cuéllar on Jan. 1 , 1992 . |
| 23 | Turn off the water supply to the valve , and dismantle the valve by using pliers to remove the split pin holding the float arm , then unscrew the end cap and prise out the piston . |
| 24 | He was Pakistan 's first Punjabi Prime Minister and the first industrialist to hold the office , breaking with the tradition of filling the post with a member of the powerful ( and generally Sindhi ) landowning classes . |
| 25 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) Assembly , comprising legislators from 16 member countries , elected Loïc Bouvard of France as president on Nov. 19 ; Bouvard , 63 , the first Frenchman to hold the post in 33 years , was elected for a two-year term to succeed Charles Rose , a member of the US Congress . |
| 26 | ( Note : usually this means a second or subsequent mortgage , the first mortgagee holding the title deeds as his security. ) ( ii ) Any equitable charge acquired by a tenant for life or statutory owner under any Finance or other Act by reason of the discharge by him of any inheritance tax or other liabilities to which special priority is given by the statute ( a " limited owner 's charge " ) . |
| 27 | Jacques Bussières , a Canadian , was appointed as governor of the Bank of Zambia ( central bank ) with effect from January 1990 , the first foreigner to hold the post . |
| 28 | Narrowly victorious in a mudslinging campaign , Mrs Richards — a divorced mother of four — became the first woman to hold the office since 1935 . |
| 29 | Mrs Hillaby , the first woman to hold the post , is at least the fourth generation of the family to carry on the tradition . |
| 30 | In June 1965 she was appointed Vice Principal of Howard Institute , the first woman to hold the position . |