Example sentences of "hold [adj] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , nor I think are there any proposals to change the grading or pay honorarium to P As to reflect there work on these files , er , I 'm not sure whether the assumption that this would n't be taken into account by the W R is sound , because I think one of the principles that I recall was that he were meant to ensure that that each of these job evaluation panels had somebody from each office so that an account could be taken of the different practices , I mean I 'm sure that , I 'm sure that each of the three offices in the er deal with things in a different way , so that er what gets done by one person here is not necessarily done by people in Coventry and York , and that in fa in London , and that also holds good in the other way , I think . |
| 2 | The outcome was a victory for marketing , because it proves that what applies in the world of packaged goods holds true in the world of politics . |
| 3 | If so , was the muddle caused by a fallacy of composition , illegitimately assuming that what held true in the small continued to hold true in the large ? |
| 4 | He was escorting three German prisoners in the direction of Brigade H.Q The Germans were doubling along , their hands held high in the air , a look of apprehension on their faces . |
| 5 | At this point it may — especially if it is a spotted skunk — perform a handstand , rearing on to its front legs with its hind legs held high in the air . |
| 6 | At the subsequent press conference held high in the stadium stand , Foster hushed even the most hardened of hacks by dedicating his gold medal to his mother who had died two years earlier , along with other members of his family , in a car crash . |
| 7 | Kitty reluctantly left the table only to return a moment later with her nose held high in the air . |
| 8 | This may have held good in the palmy days of the 1960s for some authorities , but even then not for many ( see Danziger , 1978 ) . |
| 9 | In this example , the assumption held good in the test we submitted it to : the experience of unemployment was broadly similar for those who were unalienated as it was for those who were alienated ; we could feel confident about averaging the two d s . |
| 10 | The Interior Minister , Julio César Sánchez , resigned on Dec. 21 after being held responsible in the press for the low turnout in the elections . |
| 11 | This states that , where a player commits an act of foul play which has not been detected by the match officials , that player 's union has the discretion to cite that player to show cause why he should not be held accountable in the same way as a player who has been ordered off the field of play . |
| 12 | Smoothly , menacingly , he dropped into the zingi-tu'ii , the Kung Fu fighting stance , perfectly balanced on the balls of his feet , his hands held open in the double-axe position . |
| 13 | Then he added , ‘ I did n't think they would , ’ and looked up into the muzzle of his own pistol held steady in the President 's hand . |
| 14 | The wage agreement produced some drift back to work in the following days , but the strike held steady in the Kuzbass , Donbass and Vorkuta . |
| 15 | In Bank of Montreal v. Stuart and Shears and Sons Ltd. v. Jones , 128 L.T. 218 the security given by the wife was held unenforceable in the absence of independent advice . |
| 16 | An extinguished torch held upturned in the hand of Venus 's son , that troublesome archer Cupid , represents unrequited love — hence we are said to ‘ carry a torch ’ for someone . |
| 17 | If so , was the muddle caused by a fallacy of composition , illegitimately assuming that what held true in the small continued to hold true in the large ? |
| 18 | Conversely , a carrier who issues a non-negotiable bill in a foreign port naming a United States importer as consignee may be held liable in the United States for refusing to deliver the goods to the United States consignee who does not surrender the bill of lading . |
| 19 | Even a statement very close to the periphery can be held true in the face of recalcitrant experience by pleading hallucination or by amending certain statements of the kind called logical laws . |