| It looked a mess, buildings trashed and fires burning all that the townspeople held dear. |
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| Anyone who has read the Bronte Sisters knows the kind of high-flown passion the Victorians held dear. |
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| It is in those moments when we face our fears that laughter is especially welcome, and comic and tender memories are held dear. |
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| He discovers that all the ideas and concepts he revered and held dear are not agreed upon by all people. |
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| He was always such a strength in supporting us, not pulling back on things we held dear and believed in. |
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| They never really believed in the idea of the socialist, classless society, or even in the individual rights held dear by liberalism. |
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| It's a return to everything I've ever held dear, but it's not a documentary. |
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| As a United States senator, Claiborne Pell never hesitated to give credit to others to help achieve the causes he held dear. |
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| May this time of sorrow be eased by the warmth shared and memories held dear. |
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| Food was held dear by all members of the court with the exception of Queen Aigle. |
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| We look at Marcellin as our father, and learn from him the values that he held dear. |
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| This natural preserve is held dear to many in my riding and those who visit the area. |
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| Terry Butcher was considered by many England fans to epitomise everything they held dear about the Three Lions. |
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| To add to the problem at the Eugenia tunnel, the nearest watershed is a cultural and ecological landmark held dear by most Stockholmers. |
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| It will be presented annually to the person that best exemplifies the qualities and values that Earl held dear. |
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| In deference to norms held dear, the like won't be attempted here. |
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| The values we held dear yesterday we hold dear today. |
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| But a bad day for sporting memories held dear. |
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| One of the devotions that François de Laval held dear was the Holy Family. |
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| It means one of the participants – maybe even both – has acted upon a regrettable impulse, junking many of the things they've long held dear for a transient moment of short-term gain. |
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| The famous fashion designer and icon, who liberated the female body, also exuded very French values which are still held dear today across France: audacity, avant-guardism, freedom, sophistication, simplicity, and excellence. |
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| Living outside is held dear in nowadays fast moving time. |
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| It would set a dangerous precedent and the Council of Europe would be the pusillanimous architect of a code of conduct which would deliver nothing, but deal a blow to the common values that the Assembly held dear. |
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| Though patriotic to the extreme, few of the proud Argentines could bring themselves to believe that this inexperienced foreigner would live to prove his point, even on horses they held dear to their hearts. |
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| Gifts of this nature commemorate the individual's values and passion they held dear during their lifetime as well as their support to making a difference. |
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| To the contrary, when Mr. Chrétien assumed the reigns in 1993, he faced a Conservative legacy of red ink that threatened everything we as a nation held dear. |
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| Some were young people, seeking to supplement their income... but there were also some old hands, who wanted to pass on a valuable and ancient tradition they held dear. |
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| Then her father is diagnosed with Huntington's Chorea and suddenly it feels as though everything she has always held dear has come crashing down all around her. |
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| Renaissance authors believed that the Sack of Rome by the Gothic tribes in 410 had triggered the demise of the Classical world and all the values they held dear. |
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