Example sentences of "hold for the [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 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 7 | Generalizations hold for the known cases which prompted them but are not scientifically interesting unless they also hold for others . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Significantly , when elections were held for the new parliament , the German politicians refused to participate . |
| 12 | In 1968 , President Kaunda addressed the International press Institute 's annual assembly , then being held for the first time in an independent , black-ruled African nation : African countries , he said , had ‘ gone out of their way ’ to encourage the foreign press to report African affairs . |
| 13 | As secretary of that organisation , I have to declare more than a personal interest but the presentation , during the Association 's annual dinner , held for the first time in the Debenture Holders Lounge at The All England Club , was clearly a most popular choice . |
| 14 | The previous November , the government had assented to the idea of an annual White Paper on expenditure and a debate , the paper being published and the debate being held for the first time in the winter of 1969–70 . |
| 15 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
| 16 | In October , the Council hosted METROPIA XVI , a Euro-wide event for senior school pupils held for the first time in the UK |
| 17 | A general election under proportional representation was held for the first time on Feb. 15 , 1989 , the UNP winning a comfortable 25-seat majority [ see pp. 36467-68 ] . |
| 18 | Popular elections for the executive President , who serves for a maximum of two consecutive five-year terms , were held for the first time in December 1990 . |
| 19 | Following political reforms in May 1990 which abolished the leading role of the MPRP , multiparty elections were held for the first time in July 1990 , to the Little and Great Hurals , and to local Hurals in the 18 provinces and three municipalities [ see pp. 37609-10 ; p. 37656 ] . |
| 20 | Continuing a process of democratization which began with the election of all 950 members for the Tirupati plenum by the party 's rank and file , elections were held for the first time in more than 20 years for party posts including the 10 elective posts in the party 's most senior decision-making body , the Congress working committee ( CWC ) . |
| 21 | The event was held for the first time at the new Purdysburn Hospital Equestrian Centre outside Belfast . |
| 22 | 1839 Henley Regatta was held for the first time . |
| 23 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of competition in a new music competition to be held for the first time this year . |
| 24 | Festival organisers also hope for high standard of music in a competition to be held for the first time . |
| 25 | THE Grampian Piers Race , for dinghies , multi-hulls , windsurfers and water-skiers , will be held for the first time on Saturday , 7 August . |
| 26 | Just a few of the many comments received from those who attended the very successful Easter Course , held for the first tile at Norwich City College . |
| 27 | A small lunchtime party was held for the entire staff , at which commemorative mementos were distributed . |
| 28 | Many police went on strike in protest and on April 25 a mass funeral was held for the six . |
| 29 | In October 1946 elections were held for the Interim Legislature . |
| 30 | Fresh Art , the only fair to show the work of British graduates and post-graduates , will be held for the second time at the Business Design Centre , Upper Street , Islington , London N1 from 17 July to 1 August . |