Example sentences of "hold on [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | hold on to a finished thing ? |
| 3 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |
| 4 | In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . |
| 5 | Le Saux , Clarke and Wise all went within inches of scoring while West Ham threatened only once , Beasant holding on to an unexpected volley from Foster . |
| 6 | HTV 's advertising revenue rose 11.8 per cent to £101.8m , and the group managed to hold on to a creditable market share of 6.4 per cent as advertising has been sucked to South-east England . |
| 7 | Morris was at the heart of an amazing North defensive effort to hold on to a 24-17 half-time lead in the face of a strong second-half wind . |
| 8 | Whatever the inner pressures within us to hold on to a prejudicial attitude , when a Christian maintains a prejudice and fails to aim for its resolution , the problem may well be a conflict with God 's truth , of actually resisting God 's will . |
| 9 | But he added : ‘ Everybody recognises that the Government has to hold on to an existing policy until the replacement is ready to put in place , and clearly the Secretary of State has to hold to his policy until an alternative has been agreed . ’ |
| 10 | Three wickets had done down in four balls with the score 277 , and had Kapil Dev at backward square leg held on to a straightforward catch offered by Healy off Tendulkar , India might have taken charge . |
| 11 | East Midlands Electricity jumped from 237p to 305p before settling at 276p , while London Electricity held on to a 53-point rise to 306p . |
| 12 | Far Eastern reports of imminent bid terms from Hongkong & Shanghai Bank caused some early excitement in Midland Bank and , despite a denial , the stock held on to a 10 point rise to 345p . |
| 13 | Abingdon held on for a deserved victory however , in one of the best games this reporter has seen this season . |
| 14 | Persson dominated the first game and his venomous top spin attack proved too strong for even Chen 's defences as they were breached 21–8 but Chen held on to an even scoreline in the second game . |
| 15 | Again he dashed away and held on in a close finish with Atlee Mahorn , who was desperately trying to salvage some Canadian credibility out of the evening . |