Example sentences of "[adv] held back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A potential consignment was purportedly held back in the hope of a higher price . |
| 2 | Hodgskin failed to break into the charmed circle of the Edinburgh reviewers , and was constantly held back by his painful self-abnegation and the growing radicalism of his opinions . |
| 3 | The clever are not held back by their slower classmates , for the bright child and the less able , working with children of their own level , are able to compete intellectually on equal terms . |
| 4 | Both roles have involved handing out criticism , a task he has not held back from especially in this , the last year before he retires . |
| 5 | So their credit policies were not generally held back by balance of payments considerations . |
| 6 | Intel is therefore reportedly telling its OEMs that the P6 will be purposely held back from the market , despite its state of readiness , to allow them to recoup their investment in Pentium . |
| 7 | The same determination , which was often frighteningly apparent in his 250 days , came bursting through again and yet Ruggia was usually held back by poorly set-up machinery . |
| 8 | Action was also held back by the need to reform local finance which both Reports recommended . |
| 9 | However , they are so often held back with comments such as ‘ you are too young ’ , ‘ we can not trust you ’ , ‘ your time will come ’ — time and time again I have heard the same complaint by those who have achieved their goals at an early age . |
| 10 | Children love to draw and colour , but find that their colouring ability is often held back by their lack of drawing skills . |
| 11 | The telephone had rung just as she 'd finished washing her hair , so it had dried all wild and was now held back with an orange-and-shocking-pink striped scarf , off which Ethel had chewed one of the corners . |
| 12 | Social order on the street had the characteristics of a truce , a lull in which warring parties tacitly held back from strife . |
| 13 | After Nightmare in the Netherlands , it was great for me to be at a happy , good-tempered game where the sun shone brightly and we were n't held back for an hour by ugly policemen with argumentative dogs and bolshie attitudes . |
| 14 | The molecules are consequently held back in the liquid phase and the vapour pressure is lower . |
| 15 | This had been again held back in September because of Argentina 's failure to meet economic performance targets . |
| 16 | Despite his knowledge of the trigger-happy propensities of the Dutch soldiery Mountbatten agreed to the introduction of Netherlands forces , previously held back in Malaya , early in March 1946 because ‘ the quality of these Netherlands troops was far superior to that of the forces which had originally landed in Java ’ . |
| 17 | So Jesus never held back for making known God 's name and kingdom . |