Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun pl] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is just unfortunate that reality obliges him , instead , to contemplate the tiresome possibility that the Liberal Democrats hold the balance of power in a Parliament in which neither Tory nor Labour parties have an overall majority . |
| 2 | The findings show that Labour would win 76 seats from the Conservatives , giving them 305 seats overall , six or seven more than the Tories , but 21 short of an overall majority , with the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power . |
| 3 | The White Lions hold the passes in the broken Northlands of Chrace against the constant incursions of the Dark Elves . |
| 4 | The linked records hold the details of what is actually ordered . |
| 5 | Michael 's brought the foreigners with him , and left the three Ruritanians to hold the King prisoner . |
| 6 | This is one of the major ideas holding the structure of organisations together . |
| 7 | Oh , they were my daily joy , Dirty Dick , Harry , Bert , Prickwillow , working on the green baize under the bench lights , the elastic band round the grey heads holding the jeweller 's eyeglass or checking their tolerances with the white-coated draughtsmen , or rouging the last tenth of a thou from a newly-turned and bored brass centimetric attenuator . |
| 8 | As in the services , it is assumed that the ‘ man ’ will trust his senior managers because , in the final analysis , they have to be trusted as they are the only ones to hold the total picture of the situation of the company . |
| 9 | A properly drafted lease will ensure that the lessor can not object to such formal assignment and will expressly provide that the named lessees hold the term for the partnership . |
| 10 | The same allegations were made concerning the presidential elections held the previous month [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 11 | The two neighbours held the casement , and PC Laney reached in with a broomhandle and pushed Joseph Shill on the leg . |
| 12 | The containing ridges holding the Nfis lead the river eastwards for 50 miles as the crow flies , before the waters break north onto the Marrakech Plain . |
| 13 | Already her sailing ability had reached a level where she was able to make the minor corrections to hold the boat on course without even thinking . |
| 14 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 15 | In a liquid the motion and thus the kinetic energies of particles are sufficiently high to prevent the attractive forces holding the particles together in a crystal lattice . |
| 16 | It is this covenant which ordains that the Christian Maronites hold the presidency , the leadership of the army and the head of the judiciary while Sunni Muslims provide the prime minister and Shia Muslims the speaker of the Lebanese parliament . |