Example sentences of "be [adv] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people writing about negative attitudes towards old age suggest that such attitudes are widely held and refer to most old people . |
| 2 | The arguments in defence of individualism discussed in the previous chapter are widely held to defeat holism utterly by demonstrating the reducibility of all theories about social wholes . |
| 3 | If schemas are widely held , it should usually be obvious to the manager what they are — especially , of course , if he or she aimed to establish them in the first place . |
| 4 | It has been widely held that normochromic anaemia is indicative of chronic renal failure , but recent epidemiological evidence supports our findings that anaemia is also commonly present in patients with both ARF and AonCRF , and is , therefore , not a helpful discriminant . |
| 5 | Thirty years on , this remains a pertinent question , but in the meantime the limits of urban development have been rigorously held in check by this planning device . |
| 6 | Snowy owl assemblages have relatively higher rates of molar loss than barn owl and long-eared owl assemblages , and this almost certainly reflects their dominance by lemmings , the teeth of which are loosely held in the jaws . |
| 7 | Whereas Mancini 's version assumes a council increasingly split by faction , as the Woodvilles manipulated it against Hastings and other supporters of Gloucester , the council seems in fact to have been successfully holding a balance between the various elements in government . |
| 8 | Whereas Mancini 's version assumes a council increasingly split by faction , as the Woodvilles manipulated it against Hastings and other supporters of Gloucester , the council seems in fact to have been successfully holding a balance between the various elements in government . |
| 9 | Village functions are mostly held in the hall and today it accommodates a play group , a Darby and Joan club and other social and recreational activities . |
| 10 | Research posts often have short-term contracts and are rarely held on a tenured basis . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA army council . ’ |
| 12 | He added : ‘ Those who are intent on pursuing violence are perhaps holding the majority sway now within the IRA council . ’ |
| 13 | There may be a need for transfer of the stock from one to the other , or for duplication for both sections of titles which are only held in one . |
| 14 | As the details of a parent are only held once , though it can have many children , these details can be integrated with the details of any subordinates as required , and this introduces redundancy . |
| 15 | Parnell was in jail , and the British authorities are desperately holding on to power as support for the Land League accelerates . |
| 16 | But like-for-like sales in real terms are nevertheless holding steady . |
| 17 | Some properties of individuals are nevertheless held to be more significant than others . |
| 18 | Your karate school is responsible for nominating you to the open ‘ B ’ or regional squad sessions which are normally held at least twice a year . |
| 19 | Events are normally held at windy times of year ( spring and autumn ) and at venues where there are good surf conditions . |
| 20 | The meetings are normally held in the Council Chamber at Moorgate Place on the first Wednesday of every month ( except September ) . |
| 21 | These are normally held over six days and prices range from about £18 to £40 . |
| 22 | CD4+ T cells are normally held to be the principal source of this mediator and the higher proportion of γ-interferon producing cells we found among lamina propria lymphocytes compared with intra epithelial lymphocytes is consistent with the relative numbers of CD4+ T cells in these sites . |
| 23 | Charge cards are largely held by higher-income individuals who have to an extent been cushioned form the onset of the recession . |
| 24 | Although mineral rights are generally held by the surface landowner , they may have been retained by a previous landowner when the surface freehold was sold , particularly in areas with a long history of mining such as South-west England . |
| 25 | The defenders of Masada are generally held to have been Zealots . |
| 26 | We should not underestimate the power of official systems of classification of children , even when they are generally held to be inadequate by those that work with them . |
| 27 | The initial costs of the latter are generally held to be underwritten by the large surplus generated by any big hit record . |
| 28 | Many of these straits are noted for strong tidal currents , but although such currents may assist in moving away the debris of erosion , they are generally held to be impotent as a cause of marked marine erosion , at least of those which outcrop in this locality . |
| 29 | Informal briefings and seminars are generally held over the lunch-time period , which is only flexible for scientific and administrative staff . |
| 30 | As 80–85 per cent of patents are generally held to derive from inventions made by employees in the course of their employment , the resolution of this issue had direct impact on the thousands of workplaces generating patent applications each year . |