Example sentences of "hold [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
| 2 | 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 : |
| 3 | However , Merrill Lynch is running the risk of suffering a substantial loss if the market price holds on to any substantial premium . |
| 4 | Even Baumrind ( 1982 ) , supporting Gilligan 's different voice hypothesis against what she sees as the traditionalism of the psychology of androgyny , holds on to the traditional framework of Jungian psychology in order to do this , and later ( 1986 ) , reinterprets the hypothesis in a humanist and spiritual framework , which is not differentiated by gender . |
| 5 | The ash is a classic example of a tree which holds on to its fruits well into the next season even though they may have been ripe since October . |
| 6 | Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely . |
| 7 | But not going when you need to causes water absorption and hardening , and the longer the child holds on to a movement , the harder it will be — making the problem worse . |
| 8 | holds on to its water . |
| 9 | As long as a son holds on to the mother as a love-object he must ineluctably be in conflict with the father , just as , conversely , as soon as he accepts the paternal authority and identifies with his father to constitute his superego he must suppress his fundamental parricidal antagonism and with it his incestuous fixation . |
| 10 | Andrew jumped up , holds on to it , was standing with two . |
| 11 | everything would be absolutely soaking , and I 'd try and get it off of him but he holds on to it so tight |
| 12 | Ellison 's role with swing and seam may be crucial and it must be earnestly hoped that his back , the source of trouble in the past , holds up to increased demands . |
| 13 | This is perhaps believed by practitioners rather than being a view that holds up to epistemological scrutiny . |
| 14 | This lush green mountainous island , with one of the best all-year-round climates in the world , is also a huge self-regulating reservoir which holds up to 200 million cubic metres of water . |
| 15 | It holds up to three horses and will be driven to and from London by Mrs Charley from their home just outside Coventry . |
| 16 | It holds up to four yarns and costs just £3.95 plus 25p for postage and packing from . |
| 17 | And the automatic sheet feeder holds up to 10 sheets of paper . |
| 18 | But the more one looks at the character of the prison population the more one is struck by the magnifying mirror that it holds up to the inequalities of our society . |
| 19 | He has strong , agile and indeed superb hands ; in the palm of his raised , right hand he holds out to you a miniature city , complete with dome , bridges and towers , the freedom of which he is offering you and which he has promised to protect . |
| 20 | On a Russian tour when he had a lot of causes for dissatisfaction , snapshots show him still lively : pretending to drop a kopek into the hat Marcia Haydée holds out to him ; embracing a Russian colleague , Yuri Grigorovich of the Bolshoi ; thoughtfully watching a Russian ballet class . |
| 21 | Hold on to the edge of 1 bench with your hands behind your back . |
| 22 | Education : Zoo trips hold on to their place in the management plan |
| 23 | But the security and long-term attractions of many of the investor/developers , as opposed to the property traders which hold on to little of what they develop , makes many of the downgradings a nonsense . |
| 24 | Under this pressure , all ordinary human ambivalence and doubt is outlawed : adopters become guilty or angry when the relationship does not proceed according to the fantasy or reality of ordinary parenting ; children suppress their fantasies of an alternative life with birth parents — or hold on to that fantasy all the more tenaciously — and birth mothers , in particular , are pushed into a denial of their own experience and feelings . |
| 25 | ‘ Hold on to the sledge rails here — keep a loose grip or your hands get tired — try not to keep your foot on the brake ( a miniature snow hook held off the snow by an elasticated octopus grip ) or your other leg will get tired — do n't shout too much at the dogs or they get confused — the occasional quiet word is helpful — on downhills brake gently if you need to so that the line stays tight . ' |
| 26 | We considered how much we , ourselves , hold on to an eternally-caring-for-others role . |
| 27 | It shows something of the best that human beings are capable of , and hints too of their tragic failure to grasp that best and hold on to it . |
| 28 | Hold on to branches , Breathe by fractions . |
| 29 | ‘ Hold on to my shirt ! ’ |
| 30 | hold on to a finished thing ? |