Example sentences of "to hold on [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Some firms have reduced their staffing levels substantially , but people in the industry are generally trying to hold on to experienced staff . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Some firms have reduced their staffing levels substantially , but people in the industry are generally trying to hold on to experienced staff . ’ |
| 3 | They 're able to hold on to that for the duration of the talk and be able to understand them as concepts and therefore it helps to put over the ideas . |
| 4 | yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method |
| 5 | You choose whether to hold on to bitter emotions or to let them go . |
| 6 | As I 've already said , I would wish the Committee to hold on to those specific ones relating to community care at this stage , until we have a more certain picture . |
| 7 | It is widely assumed that Elders will not bother to hold on to any Scottish shares and its 23.7 per cent stake will be acquired and used as the springboard for a bid . |
| 8 | One no longer has to hold on to any specifically human end , because the circumstances allow only a single and pre-human end , survival . |
| 9 | Yet Gloria herself never seemed to hold on to more than the bare essentials that they had in their two paper carriers . |
| 10 | But any doubts about United 's ability to hold on to three comfortable points were dismissed in the 49th minute when Irwin strode through a big gap in the Southampton defence to beat Flowers from ten yards . |
| 11 | That is to say no French government and probably no French political party at this time was willing to concede the principle of secession ; and the permanent loss of Indochina would obviously have made it harder to hold on to French North Africa and even to Black Africa . |
| 12 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 13 | Because I 'm already vulnerable enough where you 're concerned and for my own sake I have to hold on to some degree of control . |
| 14 | After Agricola 's recall to Rome , the will to hold on to large parts of the north seems to have ebbed . |
| 15 | It is even a good idea to hold on to congratulatory memos ( perhaps appended to slips telling you of pay increases ) or any other correspondence which might at some distant date help you to defend yourself against unfair criticisms of your capabilities . |
| 16 | But Lillywhite said : ‘ My Banana squad and manager Keith Lambert give me confidence to hold on for two more stages . |
| 17 | We found it safer to hold on with two hands then . |
| 18 | As in the lowlands , the traditional landscape has to some extent been preserved by the economic irrationality of farmers — although in the uplands it consists of their ability to hold on against all the odds rather than disavow the pursuit of maximum profits . |