Example sentences of "it [be] hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular , how can it be held together with Christian conviction . |
| 2 | The wider the areas covered by the theory , the less certain is the theory 's explanation likely to be and the more tentatively will it be held by the scientific community . |
| 3 | It could not be hurried , nor , when the time came , could it be held back . |
| 4 | If it were to hold a known instrument off a bed casting then this would need to be declared ; ie " design of a bracket to support instrument off bed " . |
| 5 | Her conscience said nothing , it felt as if it were holding its breath . |
| 6 | The conference and the exhibition that went with it were held in Geneva in 1958 . |
| 7 | I 'll get Annunziata to keep something hot in the kitchen and then if you 'd rather not be bothered with us tonight , you can have it there — or in bed , if that would be better , ’ said Julia , her heart feeling as though it were held in a tightening vice as she saw his misery . |
| 8 | Much as I sympathise with the plaintiffs , it would , in my opinion , be extending the implications based on the maxim … to an unreasonable extent if it were held that what has been done in this case was a breach of an implied obligation . |
| 9 | Demonstrations against it were held in Prague in late September . |
| 10 | The arguments for the increasing assumption of public responsibility for matters hitherto considered more appropriate to the private domain were largely won , it being held that private enterprise and voluntary organizations were either inadequate or inefficient in supplying local services . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's amazing how it 's holding up . |
| 12 | Good for them : the New FADS always had a tough , idiosyncratic streak , and nowadays it 's holding them in chompingly good stead for the guitar-slashing likes of ‘ It 's Not What You Know ’ . |
| 13 | But I 'm desperate to go to college , I mean I love my kids and my kids get everything they need , but I ca n't go , it 's holding me back , I ca n't get my two into the creche . |
| 14 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
| 15 | It 's holding them back . |
| 16 | It 's holding both of us back ; we 're not getting on with our lives in the way that we should . ’ |
| 17 | Well no but you , it , it , it 's quite a heavy belt and if it , if it 's holding , if it 's giving point to it . |
| 18 | It 's holding us back . |
| 19 | The Jockey Club has announced it 's to hold a full-scale inquiry into exactly what went wrong at last Saturday 's Grand National in an effort to prevent it happening again . |
| 20 | It plays world and indie music , it has face-painters and babies , and , if you 're interested , it 's held in the Town Hall in Shoreditch on Saturday nights . |
| 21 | It 's held snugly in place by elasticated tapes . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's making it all up , ’ said Joe , ‘ but she ca n't help it , she 's had no family life and it 's held her brain back a bit . |
| 23 | It 's held together by an elastic band which has two ballpoint pens clamped under it . |
| 24 | It 's held by a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle from Pasadena , California , which has covered an incredible 1,402,515 miles . |
| 25 | However , the lighter the camera the harder it is to hold steady , though at least one ultra-compact machine now has Electronic Image Stabilisation to minimise picture shake ! ( ) n the other hand , professional-style camcorders , which are much heavier , are not as prone to the problem of camera-shake . |
| 26 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
| 27 | It is to hold a humanist position , to be one who , like Gandhi , finds Jesus ' message striking . |
| 28 | If I move as privately as possible , it is to hold off the fools and rogues until the thing has a chance of success . |
| 29 | Satyāgraha is further described as an unending , relentless , dialectical quest for truth ; it is holding on to truth come what may . |
| 30 | There is a 50 gallon mark on the 4′ tank but I have filled it higher than that and it is holding 65 gallons . |