Example sentences of "have hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added : ‘ Everybody recognises that the Government has to hold on to an existing policy until the replacement is ready to put in place , and clearly the Secretary of State has to hold to his policy until an alternative has been agreed . ’ |
| 2 | One no longer has to hold on to any specifically human end , because the circumstances allow only a single and pre-human end , survival . |
| 3 | Knowing as he does that his uncle has to hold down by discipline a crew with an unusual number of criminals and malcontents , he is still disturbed by the flogging of Jesse Broad and Joyce and the masthead punishment of Thomas Fox . |
| 4 | Office Cleaning has held on to its portfolio in the face of the fiercest price-competition I have known , and as the year has progressed our strengthening sales team has begun to make good headway . |
| 5 | The following factors are among those which are taken into account : ( 1 ) the length of the previous tenancy or tenancies ( Betty 's Cafes Ltd v Phillips Furnishing Stores Ltd [ 1957 ] 1 Ch 67 at 88 ) ; ( 2 ) any period during which the tenant has held over pending resolution of his application ( London and Provincial Millinery Stores Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 510 ) ; ( 3 ) the landlord 's intentions as regards his own occupation of the property ( Wig Creations Ltd v Colour Film Services Ltd ( 1969 ) 113 SJ 688 where it was held that the new tenancy should expire shortly after the landlord would become entitled to rely upon s30(1) ( g ) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ) ; ( 4 ) the prospects of redevelopment of the property ( Reohorn v Barry Corporation [ 1956 ] 2 All ER 742 ; London and Provincial Millinery Stores Ltd v Barclays Bank Ltd ) ; ( 5 ) the balance of hardship , and the relative bargaining positions of the parties ( Upsons Ltd v Robins ( E ) Ltd [ 1956 ] 1 QB 131 ; Amika Motors Ltd v Colebrook Holdings Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 243 ) ; ( 6 ) the tenant 's business needs ( CBS ( United Kingdom ) Ltd v London Scottish Properties Ltd ( 1985 ) 275 EG 718 ) . |
| 6 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | They can hardly design a Mulberry harbour and tented village for Iona which has held out against the ravages of the Atlantic , the Viking , the climate , and the disinterest of the Scot in his religious heritage . |
| 8 | Here 's an imag-inary line-up Leeds might be fielding now if they 'd held on to the stars they rejected . |
| 9 | It was difficult to deny the belief she 'd held on to for so long . |
| 10 | The police explained why they 'd held on to the vehicles which were being kept near Malvern , not at Worcester . |
| 11 | I married Melanie , if I 'm honest , because she was the only one who 'd held out for a wedding-ring . ’ |
| 12 | And he 'd have had to hold back on some of the madder racist stuff in.public . |
| 13 | Most users of fast modems have had to hold back from using maximum line speeds plus data compression because of the risk of data loss resulting from unbuffered serial ports . |
| 14 | Consequently , he is continually having to hold on to a sense of humility while he listens to other people , otherwise he can too easily defend himself by taking up a judgemental posture . |
| 15 | I might have to hold on to it You 'll have to get people to you know . |
| 16 | " I can show you how , " he promised , " but we would have to hold on to the back of a chair . " |
| 17 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 18 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 19 | Sex : The more you hold back , the more you 'll have to hold back from . |
| 20 | Perhaps Mr Dlouhy should have held on to his official Audi after all . |
| 21 | The huge " club fender " of early Edwardian times should have held on to its proper suggestions of Christmas , when a group of laughing guests sat there , full glasses in their hands , while child actors performed in a glittering pantomime , entrances and exits from behind the Christmas tree . |
| 22 | The New Improving Defence ( but should n't we have held on to Kerslake ? ) |
| 23 | Piggy would almost definitely have saved the boys as he could have held on to their love for civilisation by telling them his stories about his auntie , as both his parents were dead . |
| 24 | As you know it , this is the last I 'm sure everyone 's aware it 's the last item on your agenda when I was looking at the agenda this item was before the fox hunting motion I thought well it 'd be nice to have a debate before the fox hunting motion because we would have er a full house of people who I 'm sure would be very interested to hear the discussion on V A T. As matter of fact I 'm sure they would w w would welcome the opportunity to have a de , a discussion , but it seems they have gone and I got , I got it wrong Chairman when you by taking the the the fox hunting motion it should really have , have held on till this time in the evening . |
| 25 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 26 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 27 | Although the result was generally welcomed as a great triumph for the men , some ETS members and some political groups thought they should have held out for even more concessions . |
| 28 | None of the earlier owners seem to have held on to the property for very long , for in 1647 , it was acquired by the Earl of Pembroke , then shortly afterwards , it was sold to Lord Pawlet , who is reported to have entertained General Fairfax at Chiswick House , on a number of occasions . |
| 29 | The field is led by Miró with a rise of 1090% one of the few artists to have held on to the gains of the 1988–90 period . |
| 30 | Miss Owada is thought to have held out for one concession : relatively open public relations . |