Example sentences of "held back by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were confident we had the quality to beat our rivals but we had been held back by the exchange rates , ’ said , sales manager plastic compounds . |
| 2 | He had briefly considered going out fighting anyway , but had been held back by the thought that he should deal with those immediately responsible for his predicament . |
| 3 | Too often , however , the academic progress of the gifted child is held back by the way classrooms and teaching are organised . |
| 4 | Bully barked and tried to put his paws on her chest , but was held back by the man . |
| 5 | They felt that they were ‘ not getting on ’ with their craft work or were ‘ held back by the students with severe learning difficulties ’ . |
| 6 | He said that his men were held back by the heat of the fire , which stripped plaster from the walls , burnt floorboards and brought ceilings crashing down onto the ground floor of the semidetached house . |
| 7 | Action was also held back by the need to reform local finance which both Reports recommended . |
| 8 | About fifty people attempted to gain entrance , but were held back by the police . |
| 9 | In addition , the economies of the most advanced capitalist nations would advance to a point where any further development of production would be held back by the crises of capitalism and by the desire to produce for profit rather than the general good . |
| 10 | They were disinclined to be held back by the deliberations of a slow moving and ponderous Commission . |