Example sentences of "[noun] hold [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ultimately , de Gaulle 's attempt to hold on to the symbolic status bestowed by 18 June and the war proved his undoing . |
| 2 | The longer that socialist parties held on to the old orthodoxies , the worse they have suffered . |
| 3 | On Oct. 8 the United Kingdom had entered the exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) of the European monetary system of the European Communities ( EC ) , but at the subsequent European Council meeting in Rome Thatcher had been isolated in her opposition to an early move towards the second stage of economic and monetary union ( EMU ) and in the strength of her determination to hold out against the possible ultimate introduction of a single European currency [ see pp. 37782-73 ] . |
| 4 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 5 | Huy held on to the thin throat until the face above it turned blue and tears appeared . |
| 6 | Only Rugby Union holds out against the commercial tide despite widespread speculation about covert payments to players . |
| 7 | The miracle is that Britain held on to the bloody Empire for so long . |
| 8 | When they saw Frick , whom they had been told to expect , the Sturmabteilungen snapped to attention , their arms held out in the traditional Nazi salute . |
| 9 | What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time . |
| 10 | But he would not let her , her stubborn sailor , he held on to her as the walls held on to the moving air within her house . |
| 11 | Charles swept the land twice with his armies , burning and killing wherever he could find victims , but the Saxons held out in the impenetrable forests and marshes , closing in behind the Frankish military movements . |
| 12 | This may have been one , incidental , reason why black and white held on till the mid 1960s for much drama and some kinds of comedy and thriller , and has since then been revived by New York-oriented ( therefore nonconformist ) directors like Scorsese and Woody Allen . |