Example sentences of "hold for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the work of S. S. Stevens in the 1930s and later , it has been recognized that , although the Weber-Fechner Law holds for many sorts of sensory experience , the exponent varies widely ; nevertheless , the principle of a quantitative correlation between external stimulus , neural activity and experienced sensation remains intact and now appears to be well-established . |
| 2 | Whatever the future holds for him , Mr Pozsgay has already ensured that his name will for ever be written in Hungarian history books . |
| 3 | May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind , so that we can see what hope his call holds for us . |
| 4 | Just to be told what 's going on , what 's in the packet , what the future holds for us in the food game . |
| 5 | IF YOU want to know what the future holds for Europe 's financial markets , the best guess is usually to look at America 's present . |
| 6 | They include Azabu Group , which plans to sell 60 properties worth around ¥200 billion by the end of June ; Itoman , a trading company which hopes to sell and lease back its Osaka headquarters for ¥80 billion as a first step towards paying off its debt of ¥1.3 trillion , much of it owed to Sumitomo Bank ; and MDI , which wants to unload ¥50 billion out of ¥150 billion worth of residential property that it holds for development . |
| 7 | Whatever the future holds for Northern Ireland , it is clear that Ian Paisley has moved from being a prophet crying in the wilderness to the centre of the unionist stage . |
| 8 | But the minimal point , that men did not act without taking women 's opinions into account , surely holds for quarrels as much as it did for decisions about education , and for the nineteenth as much as the twentieth century . |
| 9 | If so , the fact that a dependence thesis is true of theoretical authorities is strong evidence to suppose that it holds for practical authorities as well . |
| 10 | We are particularly worried about the implications war holds for women . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | A significant aspect of her work is that it always broaches the boundaries between the traditional disciplines of philosophy , psychoanalysis , literary , and art theory ; the implications it holds for each are touched on by the essays in this collection ( for instance , Ainley , ‘ The Ethics of Sexual Difference ’ ; O'Connor , ‘ The An-Arche of Psychotherapy ’ ; Minow-Pinkney , ‘ Virginia Woolf : ‘ Seen from a Foreign Land' ’ ; and Burgin , ‘ Geometry and Abjection ’ ) . |
| 13 | This pattern holds for nitrate , which accounts for most of the nitrogen in the bay , and especially for nitrogen from ammonia , which , though a small part of the total , is far more prevalent in rainwater than in run-off . |
| 14 | He finds Miriam appealing and she holds for him the added attraction of being married and committed herself . |
| 15 | ‘ Madame Gloriana ’ , the sign read , and then in smaller letters underneath , ‘ Discover what the future holds for you . |
| 16 | This probably also holds for smoking and drinking . |
| 17 | This expression uses formula ( 11.1 ) and a similar expression holds for the up-problem . |
| 18 | In an in-depth feature on the Italian scene next month both Botha and Campese — rumoured to be amongst the best paid of the legion of ‘ stranieri ’ in Italy — talk about what Italy holds for them and tackle head-on the issue of pay-for-play . |
| 19 | Now you can let TODAY astrologer Penny help you gain an insight into what 1993 holds for you . |
| 20 | Cheltenham chairman Dennis Deacon is hoping his luck holds for tonight 's replay at Bournemouth . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The second working party , set up by the General Practitioner Board , is also looking at training but within the wider context of what the future holds for small accountancy practices . |
| 23 | I think the same thing holds for the philosophy of art . |
| 24 | These are not , however , the same kind of truth ; for the first holds for all time and every place , whereas the second has to do with a specific event which as a matter of fact took place at a particular point in history . |
| 25 | This pricing apparently holds for multi-user sites of up to four users . |
| 26 | The conservation of the fivefold symmetry also holds for 250 of the water molecules which show an average r.m.s.d. from exact fivefold symmetry of 0.3Å . |
| 27 | The number of steps to the ladder and number of trials for each step is negotiable , but the general principle of graded systematic exposure , facing up to the difficulty and learning to cope with it , holds for each of these cases . |
| 28 | Stella Lowry 's analysis of the problems affecting medical education ( which ends this week , p 000 ) holds for countries other than Britain . |
| 29 | This high ranking holds for seizures of heroin , persons found guilty of drug offences , and new and former drug addicts notified to the Home Office ( Home Office 1986 ) . |
| 30 | On The Waste Land specifically , he told one inquirer that the real meaning of the poem is that which it holds for whoever is reading it . |