Example sentences of "[be] hold out [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The document states that Richard Walter Jenkins shall ‘ absolutely renounce and abandon the use of the surname of the parent and shall bear the surname of the adopter and shall be held out to the world and in all respects treated as if he were in fact the child of the adopter ’ . |
| 2 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 3 | Her hands were held out to the sides , circling supplely , fingers gesturing elegantly . |
| 4 | Walter Sherfield , who had started school the year before , remembers the time well , particularly during the long hot summer days when lessons were held out in the open , under the old oak trees . |
| 5 | She said that while the carrot of jobs was being held out to the local community , local people would only be used for the most menial of tasks . |
| 6 | Mrs Sweet was holding out on the police . |