Example sentences of "hold [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Royal Insurance , which holds one and a half million Morland shares , says the offer undervalues the company , and it will not be accepting . |
| 2 | The River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires holds 75,000 whilst the Velez Sarfield takes around 50,000 . |
| 3 | The same holds true when the AvaII fragment , containing both elements , was cloned in front of the tk-promoter . |
| 4 | All the foregoing holds true if the state does not own the business in question but simply takes responsibility for its social return . |
| 5 | Ownership Tough restrictions on cross-media ownership will prevent national newspaper owners holding more than a 20 per cent stake in television companies , with a similar limitation on cross interests between commercial televison , satellite television and national radio channels . |
| 6 | Other leakages include : ( a ) the holding of excess reserves by banks — that is holding more than the minimum reserve requirement ; ( b ) an increase in the public 's desired cash holdings ; and ( c ) a net outflow of currency overseas as a result of a balance of payments deficit . |
| 7 | The Peronists now controlled 14 of the country 's 23 provinces , with independent parties holding four and the main opposition Radical Party ( UCR ) holding three . |
| 8 | ( Remember that this would not hold good if the passage were f instead of p . ) |
| 9 | The contract with the child must hold firm and the parent can not deny that the child did behave well for that one item of behaviour . |
| 10 | The standard auditorium will hold 4,000 and the grand auditorium , 6,000 . |
| 11 | But the cylinders were so small they could not hold more than a minute of material . |
| 12 | Cup-tie , with Bailey playing for the well-known London amateur side , Walthamstow Avenue , who switched the replay to Stamford Bridge because their home ground could not hold more than a fraction of the spectators who wanted to attend . |
| 13 | The poor old PCW could n't hold more than a couple of thousand . |
| 14 | Some have a built-in weight strip to provide the weight to hold bottom when the feeder is empty , or a means of attaching a weight of your own choice . |
| 15 | Proud yet supplicant , the head held high but the knee bent . |
| 16 | And by his side , with his shoulders straight , his head held high and a smile on his lips , walked young Colin ! |
| 17 | Sex must therefore be held constant while the relationship between job type and absenteeism is ‘ tested ’ . |
| 18 | The third factor is held constant while the original relationship is reassessed . |
| 19 | In a study investigating the effect of a particular teaching method on speed of learning , many factors could be held constant if a laboratory experiment were conducted — the identity of the teacher , the way the material was introduced and so on ; a trial in real schools would be more realistic , but also more susceptible to the slings and arrows of fortune in the classroom . |
| 20 | Therefore , PCNA may serve as a useful marker for proliferation if the conditions of fixation are held constant and the same antibody is used throughout the experiment . |
| 21 | When the body is bent forward as far as it will go , the leg muscles are held tense and the position maintained for a count of ten . |
| 22 | The weather held fine and a slight deviation from our course to Shetland brought us to Fair Isle which that day was living up to its name . |
| 23 | Under Sched 2 , para ( c ) , a clause is more likely to be held reasonable if the party knew or should have known of it when he entered into the contract . |
| 24 | Adams held firm while the tail crumbled again , and West Indies retired on 184 for 7 , a meagre lead of 101 , facing shock defeat . |
| 25 | Remember that the creative team will be held responsible if the finished film or advertisement fails to live up to its initial promise . |
| 26 | They charge you an extra quid for booking with a credit card , and say they ca n't be held responsible if the postman wobs the ticket in transit . |
| 27 | In all , sixty-seven of the tenants named in this manorial survey held less than a half-yardland . |
| 28 | ‘ So what 's it to be ? ’ he asked in clipped tones that held more than a hint of impatience . |
| 29 | His eyes , dark as bottomless pools , were hard to read , but held more than a trace of cynicism . |
| 30 | And to say as much — to think as much — was to admit religion , to admit that life held more than the grave at the end of it , to admit that there was a spirit which transcended the poor imperfect flesh . |