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For most of the last 30 years, goods prices had been held down, in part, by cheap imports from low-wage countries like China.

"One soldier held down each one of them with a boot; another came with a knife, " he said. "I could hear their screams. "

Like this little vessel that would rise up to heaven were it not held down by ballast - bags of sand.

Start with a length of each stroke with one arm held down to your side.

Inflation has been held down by those cheap imports, enabling the Bank to keep interest rates lower than would otherwise have been the case.

The video showed the girl being held down and hit with a strap and she cried out in pain.

Press and do not release the left mouse button, and then move the mouse with the button still held down, and finally release the button.

gathered the violets, and anemones, and columbines, and some twigs of the freshest green, which the old trees held down before her eyes.

You get held down, tickled until you are screaming and giggling , and then things sort of progress. . .

At the look of displeasure, added to the angry tone in which the count spoke, Ali turned pale and held down his head.

As the user moves the mouse around with the button held down, the cursor passes over a variety of objects.

The public sector has not yet had to cut jobs, and pay has been held down in the private sector.

Last month, they held down one of their teammates, shaved off his eyebrows just because he watched Grey's Anatomy.

But pay would have to be held down and the workforce cut by around 10%, say NHS -watches.

Overall growth was held down by sluggish construction, the result of bad weather, but this promises to rebound in the second quarter.

And inflation has been held down, partly thanks to a strong lira.

All 6 hatches of the vessel had been closed by wooden boards, covered with 3 layers of tar pauline and held down by wooden wedges.

Inside, I imagined a stairwell with plaster moldings, mirrors, and an oriental runner held down with highly polished brass rods.

The result in the long run is that consumers are prevented from getting better and cheaper products, and that real wages are held down.

spurred on by those, and by competitive pressures from Europe's single currency, German business ruthlessly held down real wages.

Earlier, research held down. Now, we established database. Eventually, youngers seemed dainty!

They held down second jobs in restaurants, bars, hair salons and temp offices and were rewarded with glossy titles the longer they stayed.

The rate of inflation must be held down.

But once they figure out a way to connect to the global economy, they are not held down.

On the West Bank the Palestinians are held down with the help of the Palestinian Authority's police.

Low-cost airlines held down maintenance costs by using just one kind of aircraft, bought in large numbers with bulk discounts.

When prices are arbitrarily held down by government compulsion, demand is chronically in excess of supply.

Wages remained low, due to ample labor supplies, and held down consumer spending.

Indeed, despite a surge in local coal prices in recent years, Beijing has held down power rates to fight inflation.

The old paper mill has been held down to make way for a new shopping centre.

For years government subsidies held down grain prices, making food cheaper.

Those bubbles lasted longer than expected because the flood of savings from developing markets held down the risk-free rate.

The people who were held down ruthlessly would not yield to aggressors.

The rate of interest has been held down.

Turn off your HTC Wildfire , then turn it back on with the optical joystick held down.

The floor was of battered brown linoleum held down by strips of brass.

The price of beef has been held down by adding a high export tax, encouraging farmers to sell in the domestic market.

Yet few institutions have held down steep increases in tuition.

The man held down the price to attract consumers.

As James teaches, it is our willingness to be humbled (or held down) that God uses to lift us up (James 4: 10).

The onkeydown event occurs when a keyboard key is pressed or held down.

In a new paper Mr Borio and Piti Disyatat concede that excess global savings may have held down long-term interest rates prior to 2007.

Over the past 7 years I haven't held down a relationship, and the main reason for me has been this problem.

Draw the first line from the start point with the left mouse button held down.

Magnets held down their knives , forks and spoons.

For example, raises for existing employees were held down, in order to free up cash to pay signing bonuses for incoming workers.

Mr. Wang has held down the tough job for a long time.

Occurs when a key is pressed and held down while the hosted control has focus.

The people is held down by a vicious and repressive military regime.

The people are held down by a vicious and repressive military regime.

For one, firms in China benefited from artificially low costs of funds, held down by repressed returns on private savings.

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The people are held down by a repressive military regime.

I also noticed that in life I have felt held down by simply being a living, breathing being.

Dated to about 15, 000 to 10, 000 BCE, this animal hide tent was suspended over a wooden framework and held down by stones.

With the mouse button held down, you can use the mouse-wheel to change your movement speed.

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She held down that job for years.

How many days am I going to regret you? How many nights till I forget you? Have I been wasting all those years? Held down by these tears?

Specifies the context code. The value is 1 if the ALT key is held down while the key is pressed; otherwise, the value is 0.

Called when the user releases a key that was pressed while the ALT key was held down.

Called when the mouse button is held down while the pointer is on a cell.

Context code (1 if the ALT key is held down while the key is pressed, 0 otherwise).

If rock was held down, formerly, it can bounce up.

What's the longest she's held down a job?

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could feel everything. The sick man had to be held down on a table

i wont be held down by who i used to be i wont

i wont be held down by who i used to be

Some friends held down his grocery business while he was sick

You held down my two sons, you never frown when duty calls

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I've been held down too long