Example sentences of "hold the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea , he says , is to spread the message that neither organised religion nor conventional science holds the answers to the world 's problems . |
| 2 | ( a ) An index register is divided into a modifier field and a loop count field : the former holds the value to be added to the operand field of an instruction requiring indexed addressing . |
| 3 | Ludo strikes a match , turns on the gas , and holds the flame to it . |
| 4 | It holds the answer to my secret somewhere . |
| 5 | It is Sultan Ismail Petra who probably holds the key to Kelantan 's future . |
| 6 | Our journeys on the whiteboard suggest that it holds the key to our concepts of beauty . |
| 7 | Lord Leverhulme 's aphorism still holds the key to the Lewis problem . |
| 8 | But ‘ there is no one method , medium , approach , device , or philosophy that holds the key to the process of learning to read … |
| 9 | Many influential people think it holds the key to strategic defence planning , and that we should study it to prevent a third world war . |
| 10 | The famous Bullock report of 1975 , A language for life , after an investigation of teaching in schools , came to the conclusion that ‘ there is no one method , medium , approach , device , or philosophy that holds the key to the process of learning to read ’ ( DES , 1975 , p.77 ) . |
| 11 | Kiefer Sutherland stars as Kevin Richter , an uncontrollable teenager whose hidden past holds the key to changing his life . |
| 12 | Indeed , perhaps the principal occupational deformation in the written arts , the social sciences and in journalism is the belief that one 's particular profession holds the key to the meaning of social life . |
| 13 | Indeed the covenant is important but it is Christ who holds the key to the understanding of baptism and I thought that you would like to hear how your work has helped us to see our way in this respect . |
| 14 | Stenhouse ) holds the key to successful curriculum development , the argument for suggesting that the ‘ periphery ’ ( the schools and teachers ) , rather than the ‘ centre ’ ( government bodies or centralised curriculum development agencies ) , is the prime focus of change is very persuasive . |
| 15 | However , it is this latter point that holds the key to understanding the different views , and , although a full analysis is beyond the scope of this book , it is worth exploring briefly . |
| 16 | Migration holds the key to understanding these shifts in population distribution . |
| 17 | No one individual statistic or set of statistics holds the key to describing any community . |
| 18 | Historic Scotland plays its full part in all discussions affecting the protection , management and interpretation of the landscape which holds the key to our past , and our future . |
| 19 | As James Brady knows , the patient himself holds the key to recovery . |
| 20 | A freedom to take responsibility for their lives , even though society still holds the key to their final freedom . |
| 21 | A SUBSTANTIAL silent minority still holds the key to who wins the marginal seat of Darlington , according to a new poll . |
| 22 | Sarah holds the key to fitness |
| 23 | Striking the right balance between continuity and change undoubtedly holds the key to Courtaulds Italia 's future . |
| 24 | It pays to drill holes in the battens , for the nails which hold the panel to the posts , to avoid splitting . |
| 25 | Hold the camcorder to one subject at a time , starting a new shot every time you change to a new subject ; each of these shots could be of say five to ten seconds duration . |
| 26 | Galvanised nails hold the panels to the posts |
| 27 | Cos we hold the original to that . |
| 28 | The emperor 's approach is to adhere to that principle and hold the trust to be valid in so far as it does not conflict with it : that is , as far as the daughter benefited under her father 's will . |
| 29 | In Dr Clarke 's analysis , context and intention hold the keys to the history of ideas . |
| 30 | Turning to the prices of individual stocks , in many cases the price is above par ( £100 ) because of the fall in interest rates , so investors have to take into account the fact that if they hold the stock to maturity they will incur a capital loss . |