Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is best imagined as an old-fashioned sawbones before the invention of anaesthetics , carving away placidly while an assistant holds down the screaming patient . |
| 2 | She holds up the American education system as an answer to the supposed link between language and class mobility . |
| 3 | And while the performance of the Alpine is in the supercar league , the cost of using it , in terms of comfort , running costs and fuel economy , is definitely not — which holds out the enticing prospect of accomplishing long , fast continental journeys in great comfort and 25 mpg economy . |
| 4 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 5 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 6 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 7 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 8 | TO find a special game in the Mega Drive version of Klax , merely hold down the Left and Up diagonal plus A , B , C and Start simultaneously at the title screen . |
| 9 | England hold off the Irish |
| 10 | Their single-minded preoccupation , you see , is to hang on to their present decade and hold off the Rubicon-crossing birthday beyond which grandmotherhood and whiskered chins threaten to throttle the last vestiges of good-time glamour . |
| 11 | ‘ go around and hold up the northern half of this wood . |
| 12 | The point of contact between British and French colonies was still on the seacoast , and here the British regular forces and the colonial militia co-operated effectively and captured the fortress of Louisbourg , which the French had fortified at immense cost to command the entrance to the St. Lawrence and hold back the British in Nova Scotia . |
| 13 | It was still convenient to hold that the Labour Party relied on a " left " Party " which will stand between the Communist Party and the Labour Party and hold back the British workers from following the revolutionary policy of the Communist International " . |
| 14 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 15 | Now use the four-arrow icon by holding down the left mouse button on the left pointing arrow , so as to make sure that you are as far to the left as possible . |
| 16 | The second consideration is that batching implies holding up the first enquiries to be received . |
| 17 | If only the clothes had been plainer and more suitable for the vicar 's wife of such a poor parish , ’ Sophia lamented , holding up the lame cocktail dress whose belt Faustina had now taken out into the hall . |
| 18 | A sleeping pope , in an elaborately curtained bedchamber , attired in the red mantle and the tiara , witnesses the bare-footed Francis , clad in a rough brown garment , holding up the tremendous weight of a marble-pillared church , decorated with a Cosmati frieze and surmounted by a tower of five storeys . |
| 19 | Fairbrother 's doing , you know , he 's holding up the other |
| 20 | With its Georgian frontage and those imposing pillars holding up the front porch , it still looked impressive . |
| 21 | ‘ But I only bought it last year , ’ he insisted , holding up the ancient object . |
| 22 | The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade . |
| 23 | Alexander told her about the Venus of Arles , who had been dug up in the Roman circus there , classically graceful with both her arms , holding up the golden or marble apple . |
| 24 | The horses were reined in and a man-at-arms plunged into the stream , presently triumphantly holding up the dripping book , which was returned to the anxious Queen . |
| 25 | ‘ What 's holding up the cashless society ? ’ asked New Scientist on its front cover , signalling a feature on the electronic possibilities in paying for goods and services . |
| 26 | Jamie shouted above the noise , holding up the empty carafe , but before Loretta could answer , a waiter showed two more people to their table . |
| 27 | I run between the concrete pillars holding up the elevated railway , on to the steep stairs . |
| 28 | I thought the great central arch of two tree trunks looked like our Blessed Lord 's arms holding up the whole Church . |
| 29 | Come on , now , quickly , you 're holding up the whole party . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Those cartridge cases are n't American issue , ’ I said , holding out the green-lacquered steel casings . |