Example sentences of "hold on [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This catalogue is used to check the books that the library holds on a particular subject .
2 These both include many steps with the so-called ‘ dotted ’ rhythm i.e. in 3/4 the dancer steps on the first beat , holds on the second and briefly takes weight on the other foot on the third before stepping onwards .
3 Look , just hold on a wee minute .
4 hold on a wee second here , just one second , where 's Ruby 's number ?
5 BUY on a Labour win or a hung parliament says Panmure Gordon at 580p ( now 540p ) and HOLD on a Conservative win .
6 as I was holding on a particular images and create and then become those energy
7 Overflow records held on a separate cylinder will require a head movement to the overflow cylinder .
8 National Assembly elections were last held on a single-party basis in July 1987 [ see p. 35428 ] .
9 Indirect elections to the People 's Assembly were last held on a single-party basis in 1986 .
10 Bob Murray , Sunderland 's chairman , has stressed again this week that Malcolm Crosby has no guarantee of permanently securing the job he has held on a temporary basis since Denis Smith 's sacking in December .
11 Free activities : Open air brass band concerts are very popular and are held on a regular basis .
12 They used to hold Hury Show in a field alongside the pub , and there was a wooden hut called the Show Room to be used on the big day , where dances were also held on a regular basis .
13 Thai boxing has also been introduced into Europe , where it has become very popular , with matches and tournaments being held on a regular basis .
14 These roadshows are to be held on a regular basis and the public affairs department would be pleased to receive any suggestions , such as additional information that you would like to see included .
15 Conciliation commission meetings between the two sides continued to be held on a regular basis in the Dnestr town of Bendery , but with little success as local ceasfires were repeatedly disregarded .
16 TOM and safety awareness programmes are two examples of training courses now held on a regular basis at the Group 's new training centre .
17 These courses are held on a regular basis , either on site or at the company 's headquarters in Ewell , Surrey .
18 It 's appropriate to end this review of cricketing Olympians with Australia , for the Australians staged the only Olympics to be held on a first-class cricket ground .
19 This study will , first , explore the views held on a wide range of political and economic issues by a representative sample of 1500 adults in Sheffield — a city which , as a Labour stronghold hard-hit by recession , can serve as a ‘ test case ’ for research on this subject .
20 Montgomery and Hubbard have compared the performance after additions of IBM 's ISAM and ICL 's 1900 series indexed sequential software , the files being held on a 2314 and its ICL equivalent , an EDS 30 .
21 Drawn up by a panel of civilian and military experts , the charter was to remain in force for a 30-month interim period , at the end of which a referendum would be held on a new constitution for Chad .
22 In fact , the A11 stretch at Red Lodge , near Mildenhall , was so busy , the official opening had to be held on a temporarily-closed slip road .
23 Research posts often have short-term contracts and are rarely held on a tenured basis .
24 ( ii ) To have for each employee a single computer record containing all personnel and payroll details held on a central database .
25 The list from which they are selected is held on a small computer on the second floor of the drab grey Cabinet Office building in Whitehall .
26 ‘ Softer ’ data were , however , gathered : interviews were held on a small number of cases , and a single case-example was further explored through the use of a vignette based on an actual case from another area , a technique which may be further developed in future work .
27 Unlike the Surfers Paradise street circuit , however , the Indianapolis event , like five others in the 16-race Indycar season , is held on a banked oval track on which , his rivals claim , Mansell will face a new ball game .
28 Granpa Charlie 's funeral was held on a cloudless morning in early February at the church of St Mary 's and St Michael 's on Jubilee Street .
29 If your library has a computerised catalogue , you may be able to get a list of all the books held on a particular subject matter .
30 If the file is held on a mass storage device , location of higher-level indexes on a disk will make a very significant contribution to reducing run times .
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