Example sentences of "[conj] hold out for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It recommends that developing countries seek " advance payments and relatively small royalties rather than holding out for higher royalties that may never materialise " . |
| 3 | Mitchell is amongst those who argue against Firestone and hold out for the continuing relevance of Freud 's work . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Pressed back over their own blue line , Wasps rallied around their minder , Frank Killen , and held out for another two minutes before Herckerrath added a second as three of the Wasps sat out penalties in the box . |
| 6 | Hightown were shackled by John O'Brien ( 5–36 ) but held out for a draw . |