Example sentences of "the [noun] hold the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The attempt to hold the annual procession on the feast-day itself , 1 September , with a substitute statue borrowed for the occasion from the Greyfriars , produced a riot ; ‘ the Grey Friars gaped , the Black Friars blew , the priests panted and fled ’ — and the Greyfriars lost their statue , its head shattered on an Edinburgh causeway . |
| 32 | This problem was regarded as not too conducive to the fry 's well-being so I removed the rock holding the eggs to another tank of identical temperature and water conditions . |
| 33 | ( 2 ) , the transferee holds the licence subject to the conditions on which it was originally granted : subs . |
| 34 | So , for The Courts she would wear the old black coat with the large pockets at the side holding the narrow strips of candy rock in one and the coppers in the other . |
| 35 | Daphne studied the menu a new one , a friendly dinosaur snaked down the side holding the printed menu between its paws . |
| 36 | Top quality mattresses are also hand side-stitched — this will look like rows of dimples around the borders to hold the springs firmly in place at the edges and to strengthen the border . |
| 37 | These are then buried in the gravel to hold the features in place and to conceal the heaters and powerheads in my marine tank . |
| 38 | Let the eyes hold the spotlight and keep lips muted with soft pink or peach . |
| 39 | Cohesion , the force holding the water molecules together , causes more water to move into the leaf cells from the xylem . |
| 40 | Whoever held the President held the hole card … |
| 41 | A dense , rolling mist lay upon the hills behind the ruins and the wind held the faintest suggestion of the downpour to come . |
| 42 | Less the arm the figure is complete in itself , but it was part of a larger whole : a four-horse team , the charioteer in the car holding the reins , possibly the dedicator as a warrior behind him on the ground or mounting , probably a groom at the horses ' heads ( a small-scale arm was found , as well as scraps of the horses ' legs and tails ) . |
| 43 | Rennie sat in the back of the car holding the pistol to Marita 's head and told her stepfather , Richard Loren to drive into the centre of Gloucester . |
| 44 | The cashier holds the other key and the safe deposit box can only be opened if both locks are operated at the same time . |
| 45 | A very short separate " Declaration of Trust " ( because such matters can not be referred to in the entries on the Register ) to the effect that the parties hold the property and the proceeds thereof in trust for themselves as tenants in common in whatever proportions may have been agreed between them . |
| 46 | The old man and the sea : more than 50 windsurfers in the Pripps Energy Tiree Wave Classic in the Hebrides hold the attention of an island crofter . |
| 47 | The thunder of it drowned his voice as he yelled at the rodman up in the bows to hold the jib clear of the stays . |
| 48 | As stipulated in the Constitution , President Zhelyu Zhelev on Nov. 12 invited caretaker Prime Minister and UDF leader Filip Dimitrov , as leader of the grouping holding the largest number of seats in the National Assembly , to form a new government within seven days . |
| 49 | While they waited to hear what the leadership in Bucharest would decide , the miners held the high-ranking emissaries as hostages in cramped conditions at the pithead . |
| 50 | A secret agreement was made for the marriage to continue only after the Queen held the most extraordinary royal meeting in history in her drawing room at Windsor Castle when the monarch personally saved the marriage . |
| 51 | The backplate of the bracket holding the pipe shoe is screwed to the wall and the clip pushed into the slots |
| 52 | The planners held the conventional view that textiles was an attractive industry , because it was labour-intensive and could compete on world markets by virtue of low local wages . |
| 53 | Again the swell held the bows for an agonising moment . |
| 54 | Trying not to show that she was completely at a loss , Sophie made a careful examination , then , taking out her stethoscope , she gestured to the herdsman to hold the calf steady while she listened to her patient 's lungs . |
| 55 | Adjustable straps on the pockets hold the mattress in position . |
| 56 | The pockets held the usual impedimenta : two sets of house keys , a wallet , a handkerchief , a small penknife and a driving licence . |
| 57 | The Judge held the air of someone very world-weary , and this was accurate to some extent , as he had just re-read the case notes , and sensed today was going to be another long day . |
| 58 | I could see the boy holding the post would be flanked by the APC which would be able to put in fire straight down the line of the ditch . |
| 59 | The first policeman on the scene held the injured man before an ambulance came . |
| 60 | THE Scotch whisky industry breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday when the Chancellor held the rate of excise duty on spirits at its current level . |