Sentence examples for held makes from inspiring English sources

The fact that Democrats now have a majority of 58 seats rather than the 51 seats they previously held makes the concession far less painful.

One of them was Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, to whom he confided, in March , 1955 that "the exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease.

Embolic Protection, which is closely held, makes a filter designed to catch material dislodged during artery-clearing procedures and keep it from traveling to the heart or brain, where it can cause a heart attack or stroke.

Asking which theory of propositional truth early Daoists held makes it difficult to see, as Hansen argued, that the early Daoists (and all other early Chinese thinkers) had little interest in propositional truth, but in language as praxis-guiding behavior, as we noted earlier (§2.2, and will take up again in §4.3 ).

A month before his death, he reportedly confided in a friend: "the exaggerated esteem in which my lifework is held makes me very ill at ease.

Bank shares in Japan are particularly tightly held, making it hard for outsiders to apply pressure.

Twitter, which is still privately held, made news this past week when some investors pegged it as a $10 billion company.

The gold standard, it is widely held, made the Great Depression of the 1930s even deeper than it might otherwise have been.

CF2 held "make-or-break" meetings four times in those two years.

Carefully cut out the portion where the wick is held making a circular hole big enough for a light socket.

If you know the name of the restaurant where the interview is being held, make a point of looking up their lunch menu ahead of time.