Example sentences of "[verb] its hold on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was small , and aware of the virtues of remaining small , lurking ambiguously between hotel and pub , and retaining its hold on the local bar custom while it lured in the fanatical fishermen from half the county for weekend indulgences and occasional contests . |
| 2 | Religion lost its hold on the social imagination when it was seen to embody qualities opposed to science : irrationality and superstition . |
| 3 | It has also warned that some customers could be faced with paying more if it lost its hold on the household market . |
| 4 | Egypt and Syria attack Israeli positions but Israel 's victory strengthens its hold on the Sinai and the Golan Heights . |
| 5 | All round the feeling has been that by developing political representation , cooperation has increased its hold on the general public and is daily attracting new adherents to its principles . |
| 6 | The debate on these options in Whitehall was one-sided , because the RAF wanted to maintain its hold on the deterrent and the Navy was still uncertain about what effect a take-over bid would have on the future size and shape of the Fleet . |
| 7 | On the other hand , as long as John of Gaunt remained titular head of the rival faction in Castile , the Trastâmara dynasty would look to France to maintain its hold on the crown . |
| 8 | The government was anxious to maintain its hold on the energy industry while a national energy plan was being drawn up for 1992 and with a post-1992 liberalization of the power supply market in mind . |
| 9 | Once the ferret has released its hold on the rabbit you have still to determine whether or not there are more rabbits down the hole . |