Sentence examples for were held down from inspiring English sources

Property taxes were frozen; income taxes were held down; corporate taxes were almost nonexistent.

They were held down by an 8.8 percent drop in the multifamily segment.

He also said Premier's wages were held down by low health care reimbursement rates.

For me it was ortolans, their end having come when their heads were held down in a glass of Armagnac.

The lines were made of white cloth, were held down loosely by large staples & had to be swept frequently.

In 1971, dividend increases were held down by provisions of President Richard M. Nixon's wage-price controls.

Our mums were holding down jobs and doing the best they possibly could.

EU spending has also been held down, reducing net contributions.

Everything is held down with pink masking tape.

That figure may be held down by a regulatory change.

"They need to be held down," she says.