Example sentences of "is hold [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 2 | He does not require an imperative to make him avoid the sickness from the thought of which he already shrinks in nausea ; what he has to force himself to do is hold on to the fact that sickness is the likely outcome of yielding to temptation . |
| 3 | Data is held temporarily within the cache until either a time delay expires , the computer is idle or the cache becomes full . |
| 4 | Easiest to handle is one with a swan neck , where the blade is held away from the end of the handle by a curved shaft . |
| 5 | When the individual cells are placed end to end , the positive terminal of the lower battery is held away from the base of the upper one . |
| 6 | In use , the pack is held on to the tool by a single metal strap , but the pack is recessed so far into the machine that this was perfectly stable . |
| 7 | When using French technique the axe is held normally in the uphill hand for support and extra security , but it is important not to lean on it and into the hill ; your weight must be kept over the crampons . |
| 8 | The battery is held firmly in the rigid tray which slides and clicks sideways into position . |
| 9 | This is held up as the norm , even though only ‘ weak ’ characters follow these restrictions fully throughout their lives ! |
| 10 | LABOUR OF LOVE A sludge-grey turbot is held proudly against the plastic overalls of a fish gutter in Newlyn market . |
| 11 | The show is held annually at the Paris Exhibition Centre at Porte de Versailles in the south-western suburbs of Paris . |
| 12 | According to the quantity theory , money is held only for the purpose of making payments for current transactions . |
| 13 | Since such a cultural repertoire is held only in the memory it is subject to constant change according to the new interests of the moment ‘ and whatever parts of it have ceased to be of contemporary relevance are likely to be eliminated by the process of forgetting ’ ( ibid. p. 30 ) . |
| 14 | Note that this is of limited use as it implies that the data is held only in the index or in the main file . |
| 15 | Too often , however , the academic progress of the gifted child is held back by the way classrooms and teaching are organised . |
| 16 | Leaving bridle line ‘ C ’ slack , pull on the connector ring ( sometimes a snap and swivel is fitted instead ) so that lines ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ are taut and the ring is held down at the level of the rear cross-spar . |
| 17 | When you 're beating it does n't matter because the boom is held down by the mainsheet . |
| 18 | Each activity has a main subject focus , though ( i ) it is held together by the history theme of the project , and ( ii ) it will not be exclusively mono-subject based . |
| 19 | ( ii ) Allow the skin of the neck to slip in a controlled fashion between thumb and finger until the scruff is held tightly behind the ears . |