Example sentences of "holding out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 2 | This is the kind of question which has no answer , since no difference between commitment and rhetoric will be discernable until refugees are faced with a real choice between some kind of a settlement falling short of the ideal and holding out for the ideal itself . |
| 3 | Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions . |
| 4 | ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Sweet was holding out on the police . |
| 6 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 7 | 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 . |