Example sentences of "[adv] hold out [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it was , de Lattre constantly held out the prospect of Chinese intervention , apparently believing it himself and certainly capitalizing on it in the US . |
| 2 | As we saw earlier , the period which marks the emergence of Consumers ' Co-operation as virtually the sole objective of the Movement , and its rejection of authentic Producers ' Co-operation , coincides with Hobsbawm 's Age of Capital , that period which marked the phenomenal growth of a global economy of industrial capitalism and so held out the prospect of unlimited and unfailing progress — and nowhere more than in Britain which held a de facto international monopoly in trade in manufactures . |
| 3 | Often I saw a clean-limbed beech , pale and slender , yet firm in its loftiness , that shook delicately arched branches at the top , and below held out an arm on which a form of schoolboys might have sat , — rising out of fine grass and printing its perfect outlines on the sky , — and I could fancy it enjoyed a life of pleasure that was health , beauty that was strength , thought that was repose . |
| 4 | So I I 'm not holding out a lot of hope for it . |
| 5 | Although Leapor accepts that many women are guilty of inconstancy and immoderate behaviour , she nonetheless holds out the prospect of transformation . |
| 6 | NORMAN Stoller , chairman of fast-growing Seton Healthcare Group yesterday held out the prospect of more jobs at the company 's Merseyside plant after announcing a 41pc leap in pre-tax profits . |
| 7 | BRITISH Aerospace yesterday held out the possibility of a multi-million pound investment in its operations at Prestwick in Ayrshire . |
| 8 | Although a picture of NCC confusion emerged from this study it still held out the hope , if only by implication , that more rigorous thinking would achieve better results . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She stared at him from behind the barrier of her flowers , wordlessly holding out the paper-wrapped roses . |
| 12 | ‘ Have another chocolate , love , ’ Michael invites her , smilingly holding out the dish . |
| 13 | He also held out the possibility of including right-wing parties in his coalition , in return for their support for Labour policy . |
| 14 | Mrs Maybury was now holding out the baby to her , and it was stroking her face . |
| 15 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 16 | Parental responsibility should be treated as the greatest and most important undertaking of human life , albeit the one potentially holding out the promise of the greatest happiness . |
| 17 | It has sometimes held out the promise of release from grinding poverty ; or , for the moderately well-off , the prospect of a fairly agreeable way of life . |
| 18 | Straightening , she watched as he undid the holding gate , and then held out a hand towards her . |
| 19 | His gaze was fastened on his daughter 's last careful steps down the stairs , as if he could barely restrain himself from running forward to hold out a hand to her . |
| 20 | Gaddafi again held out the possibility of handing over the two men for trial by the Arab League in an Arab country , saying such a solution would be ‘ fine ’ . |
| 21 | Uncle Albert slowly held out the keys and the piece of paper , trying not to disturb his concentration . |
| 22 | The stewardess was dutifully holding out a packet of cigarettes . |
| 23 | After Hitler had again suggested in a speech in mid-March 1941 that Britain would be conquered and the war ended finally in Germany 's favour within the next year , people were heard to remark that ‘ the Führer had never held out a prospect of something which had not happened ’ , and that one could therefore unquestionably rely upon the imminent defeat of Britain and end of the war . |
| 24 | Some writers on cyclical theories explicitly held out the hope that , although the world was in decline , the wheel would turn again so that eventually another Golden Age would repeat the idyllic conditions of the remote past . |