Example sentences of "the [noun sg] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter holds the car door as if restraining a very strong , young Galapagos tortoise from doing what it pleases . |
| 2 | sends her sincere thanks to for giving them the opportunity to hold the ball . |
| 3 | The question is whether there would be a sufficient merging of interest between , for instance , the anti-American stance of the French , the Central European posture of the Germans , the Mediterranean outlook of the Greeks and the mercantile perspective of the British for there to be a cohesive common position sufficient to enable the Parliament to hold the executive bodies accountable . |
| 4 | The decision to hold the referendum , part of a package of resolutions concerning the draft constitution , had been passed on May 28 by 198 votes to 29 with 37 abstentions . |
| 5 | The decision to hold the event is another fillip for disabled sport in this country following last month 's announcement that the World Dressage Championships will be staged at Hartpury College , near Gloucester , in July 1994 . |
| 6 | The decision to hold the Conference in Berlin was reached in Washington four years ago . |
| 7 | But Dr Jaleel , who will represent Darlington , said the decision to hold the conference was made six months ago and was not about politics . |
| 8 | He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area . |
| 9 | For hollow walls , you can get special plastic boxes with ‘ wings ’ which open up behind the plasterboard to hold the box in place . |
| 10 | DULLER THAN dishwater factionalised account of the Kennedy assassination as seen from the perspective of Texan club-owner/Mafia associate Jack Ruby , Danny Aiello — a reliable supporting actor — does n't have the presence to hold the lead role , but that 's the least of the movie 's problems with its mix of fantastic coincidence and dreary atmosphere . |
| 11 | The way in which the male holds the female in amplexus differs between species , but the spadefoot male holds his female around her waist . |
| 12 | Sometimes the duchess held the syringe all the way through a play , claiming it prevented her getting a headache in the stuffy theatre . |
| 13 | And then there was these these thick er straw ropes going over and then there were the other which were going sideways along the roof to hold the thatch down . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) , the transferee holds the licence subject to the conditions on which it was originally granted : subs . |
| 15 | Cohesion , the force holding the water molecules together , causes more water to move into the leaf cells from the xylem . |
| 16 | Whoever held the President held the hole card … |
| 17 | Rennie sat in the back of the car holding the pistol to Marita 's head and told her stepfather , Richard Loren to drive into the centre of Gloucester . |
| 18 | The backplate of the bracket holding the pipe shoe is screwed to the wall and the clip pushed into the slots |
| 19 | Trying not to show that she was completely at a loss , Sophie made a careful examination , then , taking out her stethoscope , she gestured to the herdsman to hold the calf steady while she listened to her patient 's lungs . |
| 20 | The Judge held the air of someone very world-weary , and this was accurate to some extent , as he had just re-read the case notes , and sensed today was going to be another long day . |
| 21 | I could see the boy holding the post would be flanked by the APC which would be able to put in fire straight down the line of the ditch . |
| 22 | THE Scotch whisky industry breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday when the Chancellor held the rate of excise duty on spirits at its current level . |
| 23 | If the guess is correct , the child holding the bell has a turn in the middle . |
| 24 | There are n't too many big , strong , mobile strikers with the skill to hold the ball and allow the midfield to feed off him . |
| 25 | Two men held out their sheepskin coats to shield the camera from the slanting snow , another lay full length in the drift to hold the tripod steady as Hannah led her white cow out of the storm and into the byre . |
| 26 | It was hard to tell what the tide was doing , for I could n't see the shore , but each time the anchor held the dinghy would be carried one way or the other to the extent of her scope . |
| 27 | For a few moments , to give Hookum Singh time to get to the hall and ring the bell for the last time , the Collector held the toppling pile of bodies by himself , then he sped across the drawing-room after the Sikhs , his boots crunching broken glass from the cases of stuffed animals ; the Sikhs had bare feet , however , and did not crunch it so loudly . |
| 28 | ‘ First of all , he kept Derek Jefferson on because he brought him luck and he likes the caddie to hold the flag because he can concentrate on his stroke better . |
| 29 | Constanza came up the path from the steamer holding the post , Anna was standing on the terrace waiting , Constanza cried out , ‘ Simon is dead ! ’ |
| 30 | The daddy held the receiver at arm 's length , to spare his ears the inevitable assault . |