Example sentences of "it [be] hold [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've got an S O four with two bonds on it and it 's holding on to a hydrogen |
| 2 | Satyāgraha is further described as an unending , relentless , dialectical quest for truth ; it is holding on to truth come what may . |
| 3 | Gordon Woodroffe , a zoologist who has studied the water voles of the North York Moors , does not consider that the mink is the total rogue it is held out to be in some quarters , but it certainly appears to have caused the vole 's extinction on the Moors . |
| 4 | It was holding on to the tree but I pulled it off . |
| 5 | 203 , the corporation , having for a number of years paid purchase tax on manufactured stationery , erroneously believing it to be due , sought to recover it when it was held not to be chargeable . |
| 6 | In Cigaro ( Glasgow ) Ltd. v. City of Glasgow District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. 549 it was held not to be a breach of natural justice to hear only submissions and not to allow evidence to be led , where this was the practice of the licensing board . |
| 7 | As the fixture was in aid of disabled veterans of the Great War , it was held close to Armistice Day each subsequent year . |