Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] hold [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further preparation of collections of calcareous and phosphatic shelly Cambrian fossils may well produce dividends , and such disarticulated remains that are etched out of the rock should be held up against articulated scleritomes , either actual or hypothesized . |
| 2 | ‘ Our great founder laid down a rule in his will that anyone who went to prison would not have to pay his subscription during the time that he was unable to use the club premises , and that any unused portion of his subscription should be held over until his release . ’ |
| 3 | It was … contended that … if the person had become philosophically or psychologically or socially female , that person should be held not to be a man for the purposes of ( section 30 , inter alia ) . |
| 4 | The Woolf Inquiry Report proposed that prisoners should be allowed more family visits and should be held closer to home in community prisons . |
| 5 | On May 2 Arpad Göncz was elected by 339 votes to 31 as its Speaker and thus as interim President of the Hungarian Republic , pending a decision by the Assembly on how presidential elections should be held later in the year . |
| 6 | A Change Review meeting should be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |
| 7 | A Change Review meeting should be held periodically between the New OED Computer Group Manager and the New OED Project Director . |
| 8 | In this instance , the jaws should be held together with the nose pointing upwards . |
| 9 | For example , persons should be held in such a way as to avoid any interference with breathing or blood circulation , or contact with sexual areas ; if possible they should be held down on soft surfaces such as a bed , chair etc . |
| 10 | Long hair must be held back with an elastic band : clasps and metal grips are not allowed . |
| 11 | she might be holding still for me to hear : |
| 12 | None could be held up as creator , sustainer or judge of the world . |
| 13 | Even the quest for fire , an element of nature taken for granted in the twentieth century , Whitaker felt could be held up as an artifact of wonder through the medium of Doctor Who . |
| 14 | However , the Associated Press news agency reported on Feb. 8 that the package could be held up in the European Parliament , due to opposition from the socialist group because of concerns about Syria 's human rights record . |
| 15 | Experts believe as many as 30,000 guns and rifles could be held illegally in County Durham alone . |
| 16 | There were limits to the range of territory that could be held together in this way in the sixteenth century : towards the end of his life Charles V abdicated and retired to a monastery , leaving his German lands and his title of Holy Roman Emperor to the line of his brother Ferdinand , even though he would probably have preferred to keep the entire empire together and leave it to his son Philip . |
| 17 | The trailer brakes could be held off by a separate braking system when coupled to the tractor . |
| 18 | I believe the frat kid may be holding back in order to avoid hurting the ailing legend . |
| 19 | In law , property may be held either by a natural person , or by a number of such persons , or by an incorporated body such as a company . |
| 20 | Tory MPs protested the measures may be held up for two years because of delays on the Bill to ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 21 | Similarly , the stamp may obscure other provisions ; if this is the case , they may be held not to be incorporated ( Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 ; Sugar v London Midland and Scottish Railway [ 1941 ] 1 All ER 172 ) . |
| 22 | They may be held down with scotch tape . |
| 23 | The drawback associated with this approach is that data may be held indefinitely with no use being made of it . |
| 24 | On June 21 the Polisario Front reacted strongly — with a threat of future resumption of hostilities — to an announcement by the Moroccan government that Morocco 's forthcoming local and general elections would be held also in the Western Sahara . |
| 25 | It is understood that he decided not to appeal after being told that a mental health review tribunal would be held soon after his return to Britain . |
| 26 | A BT spokesman said further trials would be held later in the year before a final decision is made on making the system available nationally . |
| 27 | Mr. Corfe is unimpressed with a League plan to impose a levy on transfers and performance money , which would be held individually on behalf of each club and used for items like ground improvements . |
| 28 | On her arrival in Adelaide to discuss a joint venture with a fabric firm , she had been unaware that the last race of the season would be held here during her stay , Ashley reflected , but the newspapers had soon put her straight . |
| 29 | Until recently they had believed the trial would be held sometime in next month . |
| 30 | Following the cancellation of the October elections , President André Kolingba on Nov. 28 announced that fresh legislative and presidential elections would be held respectively on Feb. 14 and Feb. 25 , 1993 . |