Example sentences of "hold out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a detective displaying the only clues in a case in which he has become personally involved , he holds out the croci with a shrug of quiet resolve . |
| 2 | After a three-day crisis meeting , the Communist Party Central Committee revealed an ‘ action programme for renewal ’ which holds out the prospect of free elections , a democratic coalition government and parliamentary investigations into malpractices and abuses of power . |
| 3 | It holds out the promise of swifter verdicts . |
| 4 | It holds out the promise of swifter verdicts . |
| 5 | The city also holds out the hope of a better education for the migrants ' children , urban facilities , modern consumer goods and a variety of cheap diversions . |
| 6 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 7 | Although Mill may have been thinking of the romantic poet speaking gloomily to himself , here Leapor holds out the prospect of good gossip , and the reader is set to overhear the conversation : |
| 8 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 9 | The most appropriate technology for many people will be one that helps a country to organise a postal system so that stamps are available , to bring radio within everyone 's reach and that holds out the possibility of early telephone links . |
| 10 | The letter states that efforts will be made to create a ‘ fair distribution ’ of press releases , and holds out the olive-branch of club membership before the next company-reporting season in November . |
| 11 | The dream of ‘ my own house ’ holds out the prospect of perfect satisfaction with housework . |
| 12 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 13 | This work holds out the promise of a much wider project : |
| 14 | Any programme that holds out the hope of eradicating the underclass must be built on the foundation of re-establishing full employment . |
| 15 | The ‘ high profile ’ that this gives Owen provides the satisfaction that he requires and in addition holds out the prospect of career advancement . |
| 16 | She holds out the tray . |
| 17 | Bill holds out the hanky . |
| 18 | The import of data from molecular and genetic databases also holds out the promise of revitalising classical taxonomy using molecular systematics and DNA-probe analysis . |
| 19 | The New Europe holds out the hope of a better life for Europe 's people — with all that implies for cultural and social enrichment as well as industrial modernisation , environmental protection and an improved standard of living . |
| 20 | And while the performance of the Alpine is in the supercar league , the cost of using it , in terms of comfort , running costs and fuel economy , is definitely not — which holds out the enticing prospect of accomplishing long , fast continental journeys in great comfort and 25 mpg economy . |
| 21 | So too the yawning depths of the wave , even while threatening annihilation , hold out the promise of rebirth . |
| 22 | New sluice gates hold out the sea water at high tides . |
| 23 | Advice like ‘ it 's your age ’ or ‘ you 'll just have to learn to live with it ’ is beginning to wear thin and many people are seeking desperately for alternatives which hold out the promise of improved health . |
| 24 | Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines . |
| 25 | Participants in a five-year effort by the Carnegie Corporation to bring science and government closer together believe that they have improved that relationship somewhat and hold out the promise of even greater success . |
| 26 | Modern techniques of electroencephalography ( BEG ) , however , hold out the promise of localising the electrical activity of the brain in so far as this can be detected at the scalp . |
| 27 | The authors hold out the hope that at a future date , when the processes involved are better understood , the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed . |
| 28 | The alternative of higher personal subscriptions does not , I believe , hold out the likelihood of sufficient income to meet the mounting costs of protecting yachtsmen and their rights . |
| 29 | went in there with a twenty cigarette box erm two twenty cigarette boxes yeah ? like when you see cigarette and they pull out their fag , have you got a cigarette and hold out the box forty two cigarettes . |
| 30 | ‘ Want a sweet ? ’ he said , holding out the last one in the packet . |