Example sentences of "be hold [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe the frat kid may be holding back in order to avoid hurting the ailing legend . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know about anyone else , ’ said Jay , in the eerily calm eye of the storm , ‘ but you seemed to want me , seemed to be holding back from me and I do n't know why . |
| 3 | Potential suitors are believed to be holding off from making outright bids for fear that there may be further black holes in Ferranti 's balance sheet . |
| 4 | to be held up towards the moon on television |
| 5 | Nick points are often difficult to distinguish from breaks of slope caused by hard bands of rock , especially as nick points will tend to be held up on such hard beds through the difficulty of eroding resistant rock . |
| 6 | And you may also be held up on the A three six one at Wardington where there are some temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury . |
| 7 | Should the person in charge of the chart see any item that was likely to fall behind , he pinned a flag at this particular point , and if the article was likely to be held up for want of raw material a blue flag was pinned up ; but if this delay was due to one or other of the works departments getting behind with the manufacture , a red flag with a numeral upon it was used , which indicated the shop or department . |
| 8 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 9 | Sanders and Lloyd-Greame would at the least be held up for years by coalition , for there was no room for their promotion . |
| 10 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 11 | Goods coming into the country can be held up for other routine reasons , for example , non-completion of paperwork or the non-payment of tax and excise duties , said Customs . |
| 12 | Its investment methods and specific investment assumptions will be held up to intense public scrutiny . |
| 13 | The hunting , fishing and shooting which Diana detests will be held up to them as badges of manhood . |
| 14 | The professionals use clapper-boards for this , but sheets of paper with the numbers written in felt-tip pen can be held up to the camera , and they serve just as well . |
| 15 | Another concern of the book is indeed with concepts and with theorizing , and throughout this chapter concepts — from deindustrialization to uneven development to full employment — will be held up to scrutiny . |
| 16 | The Light Rifle is based around the same theory of operation as a lightpen , it 's just much bigger and is designed to be held up to about 10′ from the TV set rather than in contact with the screen . |
| 17 | None could be held up as creator , sustainer or judge of the world . |
| 18 | For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences . |
| 19 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 20 | The variety of sexual identities then possible took control of the ‘ private ’ out of the hands of the dominant culture ; it is this fact , just as much as the actual physical acts , that made the ‘ permissive ’ society ( as it was called by the right ) a phenomenon to be at first feared , and finally to be held up as what was wrong with Britain . |
| 21 | In Orkney the abandoned wreck of the Bettina Danica will be held up as proof that tough controls are needed on shipping passing through the treacherous waters of the Pentland Firth . |
| 22 | While I 'm on a journey I 'm always looking for cones and sometimes I 'm fortunate enough to be held up at traffic works . |
| 23 | Government officials fear many more schemes will be held up in protracted dispute with the commissioner at the European Court of Appeal . |
| 24 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 25 | HE IS going to be held up by his technique because he reverse-pivots with a mega-weak grip . |
| 26 | The Prince Albert was not the only ship to be held up by a dockers ' strike : at the East India Docks , the Jolly George with a similar load of armaments for Poland , was prevented from sailing . |
| 27 | How far do you agree with the statement that the development of GIS applications will be held up by ( i ) lack of digital cartographic data and ( ii ) lack of skilled personnel ? |
| 28 | Further preparation of collections of calcareous and phosphatic shelly Cambrian fossils may well produce dividends , and such disarticulated remains that are etched out of the rock should be held up against articulated scleritomes , either actual or hypothesized . |
| 29 | As Italy 's financial year closes at the end of the calendar year and money can not be held over from one year to the next , there is not enough time to distribute and use such funds as have been allocated . |
| 30 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |