Example sentences of "and [noun sg] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Space travel " immediately involves , not only astronomy and engineering , but mathematics and physics to hold the wilder speculators in check , and religion and literature to stimulate the creative imagination . |
| 2 | In Dr Clarke 's analysis , context and intention hold the keys to the history of ideas . |
| 3 | Every man , woman and child holds the possibility of physical perfection ; it rests with each one of us to attain it by personal understanding and effort . |
| 4 | If civilisation is to control the violence of evolutionary forces , mankind must come alive to the fact that the task is inextricably bound up with the establishment of right and wrong , and parenthood holds the key . |
| 5 | The bow theme is used to cover-up the nail and string holding the picture . |
| 6 | Similarly , the interest of one party can be increased ( for instance , where the husband and wife hold the property as tenants in common and it is agreed , or ordered by the court , that the wife 's share should be increased ) . |
| 7 | They conjecture that Poseidon was a central figure between two fountains and that Hercules and Atlas held the wire grid before the bright disk which simulated the motion of the heavens . |