Example sentences of "an [noun sg] hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The moon is that much further away from the sea on this side so that 'd have that much less of an effect holding the sea water down on to the earth and therefore the sea water comes Now obviously the water from the high tide has got to come from somewhere so they 'll be some parts of the globe low tide .
2 you have reached the normal retiring age for an employee holding the position which you held ; or , if there is no normal retiring age ,
3 Firstly the lexicon is pre-processed by using an array to hold the tree nodes , so that the memory required is allocated in one contiguous amount , rather than dynamically allocating each node .
4 It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay .
5 The moon has an affect holding the sea water on to the earth when it 's on the far side of the earth .
6 The skill of writing comprises components which include an ability to hold the pen or pencil , an ability to form letters of the alphabet and to join them into recognisable words and sentences , and so on .
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