Example sentences of "hold for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | did before or after the events we are told of in the tales , and this holds for the great majority of the fabliaux . |
| 2 | The recording quality for standard 8mm is at least equal to VHS , and the comparison also holds for the two competing super-formats of Hi8 and S-VHS . |
| 3 | The data from Study 2 for the 60 films was compared with the new ratings to see whether this holds for the full set of 60 films . |
| 4 | No matter what the future holds for the next generation and the delicate trembling wilderness , at least we can promise our children and grandchildren one sure thing . |
| 5 | This true/false logic holds for the whole range of autonomizing fields , in the sense that aesthetic , scientific , normative , and legal statements can be understood as more or less valid . |
| 6 | Hold for a slow count of 4 . |
| 7 | Hold for a few seconds . |
| 8 | Hold for a few seconds before repeating two or three times . |
| 9 | Instead , place cotton wool soaked in remover over each nail , hold for a few seconds then life off . |
| 10 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 11 | Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others . |
| 12 | As the door closed , Zen let out a breath he realized he had been holding for a long time . |
| 13 | This implication does not hold for a normative-explanatory account . |
| 14 | Yet what applies to a rat or dog need not hold for a human being . |
| 15 | Arnold Toynbee once argued that it is the ‘ barbaric ’ vital periphery that finally topples a declining civilization , but this maxim does not hold for the Russian Revolution . |
| 16 | If what ( 102 ) entailed was : ( 104 ) You are Napoleon and you are socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Then ( 105 ) would have to have one reading under which it meant ( 106 ) , which it clearly does not have : ( 105 ) Vous n'etes pas Napoleon ( 106 ) You are Napoleon , and you are not socially superior to ( or socially distant from ) me , the speaker Exactly the same , and additional , arguments can be shown to hold for the complex honorifics of " exotic " languages . |
| 17 | Sir John Wolfenden , the then vice-chancellor of Reading University , was chosen to be its Chairman , a job which he was to hold for the three years that the Committee took to produce its Report . |
| 18 | The Act gives people the chance to view files held on them and to correct any false information they may contain ; excluding files held for a wide class of reasons under the heading of ‘ security ’ . |
| 19 | These posts are often held for a limited term by senior academic members of the university . |
| 20 | There had been a bitter dispute in the college ever since a group of young fellows returning after the war had voted many of the old fellows out of the college offices they had held for a long time . |
| 21 | Their eyes held for a long time and then he rested back on his elbows and looked at the treetops , his face suddenly serious . |
| 22 | He turned , their eyes met and held for a long , tense moment , then suddenly Penry flung away , so precipitate in his hurry to leave that he forgot to duck . |
| 23 | Russia 's President Yeltsin has ordered elections to be held for a new upper house of Parliament . |
| 24 | Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) . |
| 25 | The settlor had a life interest and the funds were then held for a specified class as the settlor should appoint but in default thereof for certain beneficiaries . |
| 26 | In their study at Lakeshore High School in the USA they showed that the actual performance of students was interpreted by the school staff in terms of the expectations held for a particular student . |
| 27 | Her eyes were held for a few moments in the lazy gaze across the desk , then with a conscious effort she blinked herself free , looked down at her notepad . |
| 28 | This was held for an unexpired term of six years ‘ from Christmas last ’ at £140 per annum ; it was offered ( fortunately unsuccessfully ) by the new proprietor , Mr Collier , for £600 . |
| 29 | The blockade held for an amazing eight months before the army broke it up . |
| 30 | Significantly , when elections were held for the new parliament , the German politicians refused to participate . |