Example sentences of "[noun sg] hold out the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 2 | Undoubtedly the natural defences of the human body held out the greatest promise of further success , and undoubtedly , in England if not in the world , Sir Almroth Wright was the leading expert in devising ways of stimulating such defences . |
| 3 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 4 | While the Daily Star held out the glittering prospect of ‘ dark , damp , rat-infested dungeons in a medieval castle where troublemakers will be left to rot . ’ |
| 5 | There was a growing consensus that sex hygiene teaching held out the best assurance for eliminating vice . |