Example sentences of "hold [adv] from [art] " in BNC.

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1 Again , this view is related to Pius XI 's , as expressed in Divini Illius Magistri : ‘ The family holds directly from the Creator the mission and hence the rights to educate the offspring , a right inalienable because inseparably joined to the strict obligation , a right anterior to any right whatever of civil society and of the State … ’ ( 1929 : 14 ) .
2 One minute , you 're holding forth from a pulpit and everyone thinks you 're one hell of a guy .
3 He only knew that Liza was the most sexually exciting woman he had ever come across and that , should they meet again , neither would be able to hold back from a passion which was so powerful it could only lead to trouble , about which his wife might come to hear .
4 The upper layer is held away from a lower resistive film by an insulating mesh .
5 The crab has a longer body than the other species shown here , and the legs are flattened and held away from the carapace .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 For the 1991 overhaul , everyone attended a full day 's safety induction course , held away from the plant .
9 The context can be in terms of receipt and transmit logs and distribution lists which will be held separately from the actual message .
10 There was a little tentative transit-taking on board some yachts , but most dispensed with esoteric racing rites and held back from the melee to claim clean air and water .
11 Intel is therefore reportedly telling its OEMs that the P6 will be purposely held back from the market , despite its state of readiness , to allow them to recoup their investment in Pentium .
12 The upfilling of section sof beach on the south side of the old fly ash block , which was agreed by the Director at the request of ELDC Councillors , has been held back from the Contractor .
13 The Group operates several pension schemes , the assets of which are held independently from the Group in trustee administered funds .
14 When they are moving about and their legs are held apart from the body the splash-pattern is not obvious , but once they crouch motionless , with their legs drawn up to their sides , their trunk and leg patches meet and obscure the divisions between them .
15 205. ( 1 ) ( ix ) Land includes … land of any tenure , and mines and minerals , whether or not held apart from the surface , buildings or parts of buildings ( whether the division is horizontal , vertical or made in any other way ) and other corporeal hereditaments ; also a manor , an advowson , and a rent and other incorporeal hereditament , and an easement , right , privilege , or benefit in , over , or derived from land ; but not an undivided share in land ; and " mines and minerals " include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land , and powers of working and getting the same but not an undivided share thereof ; and " manor " includes a lordship , and reputed manor or lordship ; and " hereditament " means any real property which on an intestacy occurring before the commencement of this Act might have devolved upon an heir …
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