Example sentences of "hold out in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Re-visioning our economy is the opportunity James Robertson holds out in Future Wealth — A New Economics for the 21st Century ( Cassell ) . |
| 2 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 3 | Prison officers at Strangeways are threatening to break off negotiations with those inmates still holding out in the jail , but they 're denying the ultimatum means they 'll use force to end the five day siege . |
| 4 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 5 | Walter Sherfield , who had started school the year before , remembers the time well , particularly during the long hot summer days when lessons were held out in the open , under the old oak trees . |
| 6 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He came forward at once , his hands held out in greeting . |
| 9 | ‘ as if I would , ’ he replied , his hands held out in a gesture of mock innocence . |
| 10 | I start to run again , back the way I 've just come , the branch held out in front of me in both hands . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This was done by standing to attention outside the station building with the station-master 's staff of office held out in front of the body . |
| 13 | Claudia stepped back hastily , her hands held out in front of her . |
| 14 | All faces turned to Lucenzo , who stood on a chair , his arms held out in a command for silence . |
| 15 | Her feet felt like leaden weights , but she eventually managed to take a step , and then another , one hand held out in front of her to feel for the bed . |
| 16 | He seemed to hang suspended above the worshippers , his two tiny arms held out in front of him , and he was as still and quiet and calm as he had been when sitting at the Wilsons ' table or resting , alone , at the back of Class 1 . |
| 17 | But when she got closer , she could see that the old woman 's colour was feverish and the hands held out in welcome were trembling . |
| 18 | Burford 's Trevor Smith … held on and held out in the worst of conditions to come home in twenty eighth spot … |