Example sentences of "hold the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
| 2 | Demaine thinks that LOGO holds the promise of giving children access to advanced concepts at a far earlier stage than Piaget would have thought possible . |
| 3 | As such it holds the promise of much good . |
| 4 | This approach holds the promise of making the computer a valuable resource in teaching throughout the curriculum . |
| 5 | Currently he holds the position of being in the top three in Cumbria . |
| 6 | BBC BASIC does this for you automatically and provides a pointer PTR# ( a pseudo-variable ) which holds the position of the NEXT character ( byte ) to be written/read . |
| 7 | Certainly the ethos of an Augustinian priory with its stress on the expression of an inner religious faith in the active life of the community would have been sympathetic to the characteristic concern Hilton displays in his writing not just for professional religious but for all those , whether in active or enclosed life , who feel that their religious faith holds the secret of a dimension of fulfilment to which they desire access . |
| 8 | ‘ Bare trustee ’ means , in short , a person who holds the deposit on trust for another person who has the exclusive right to direct how it shall be dealt with : section 106 . |
| 9 | Every man , woman and child holds the possibility of physical perfection ; it rests with each one of us to attain it by personal understanding and effort . |
| 10 | Your partner holds the pad at the side of the shin of the flexed leg . |
| 11 | Your partner holds the pad against his chest and suddenly lunges forwards or withdraws . |
| 12 | Cambrelle absorbs sweat so is comfortable , dries quickly , is hard wearing , holds the foot in place and does not stretch . |
| 13 | There is also a 16-bit stack pointer register , which holds the address of the top of a stack or last-in-first-out list of store locations ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 14 | The home record storage area holds the address of the first synonym . |
| 15 | This holds the address of the second synonym , and so on . |
| 16 | The simplest form of index is one that holds the address of every record . |
| 17 | He holds the rabbit in high regard as a sporting quarry . |
| 18 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 19 | Or again , considering ( 4 ) , there is no fixed length for turns in conversation , and sometimes one participant holds the floor for some time ; yet although we might call a turn of four minutes part of a conversation , we would consider conversation to have ceased if someone talked for an hour and a half . |
| 20 | The unit , which is launching a £50,000 fund-raising campaign for a refurbishment project , holds the test on Monday , June 15 , when expert advice and information will be given for a fee of £1 . |
| 21 | It holds the blade at exactly the right angle to achieve optimum sharpness , and it 's this that makes the sharpener so quick and easy to use . |
| 22 | The unique magnetic clamp which holds the blade in place has been specially developed and patented by Martek . |
| 23 | The largest capacity box of 1.2cu ft holds the equivalent of 48 × 12oz cans and the smallest capacity model holds nine 12oz cans . |
| 24 | A CD-Rom holds the equivalent of 1,000 floppies so you can put all your training programme on one disc . ’ |
| 25 | Claire holds the phone in her left hand and drums her right fist against the dark plastic hood of the pay phone . |
| 26 | The small boat skipper then holds the sensor in his hand and moves it round to pinpoint the source accurately . |
| 27 | Following the general election in April 1989 the Arab Baath Socialist Party holds the majority of the Assembly seats , the remainder being distributed among members of the state-sponsored National Progressive Patriotic Front ( NPPF ) [ see p. 36601 ] . |
| 28 | According to her local paper , Louise James holds the title after winning a photo competition . |
| 29 | the notched bottom anvil blade holds the hedging in place ensuring a smooth , even cut . |
| 30 | The latter is further symbolized in the awakening lion and the eagle that holds the emblem of the city in its feet . |