Example sentences of "hold firm [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or Dostoevsky holds firm to a certain grandness and climactic force , while inverting the podvig and rendering it passive , when Stavrogin ‘ endures ’ a tremendous punch in the face from Shatov . |
| 2 | BATTERED AND BRUISED IRISH Mick Galwey holds firm as the All Black pack — with no.8 Arran Pene to the fore here — fails to click in Dunedin during the First Test . |
| 3 | Vietnam holds firm against tide of reform with new press law . |
| 4 | By holding firm on the divisive issue of the ‘ comb-out ’ , while making substantial concessions on the food question , the Cabinet successfully outfaced the shop stewards ' movement . |
| 5 | Holding firm with one hand , cut and shape the cake as illustrated . |
| 6 | The term that was first suggested by one of his followers in South Africa was sadāgraha , which literally means holding firm to reality or truth firmness , i. e. firmness in a good cause or in the cause of truth . |
| 7 | ‘ Anyone who underestimates our capacity to hold firm in these matters will be involved in a terrible miscalculation . ’ |
| 8 | It now requires the Scots ' nerve , and more importantly their defence , to hold firm against Norway at Hampden next month to earn the point still needed to qualify for the World Cup finals in Italy next summer . |
| 9 | Family religion forged bonds which , it was hoped , would hold firm through the valley of death . |
| 10 | Strict segregation had held firm for years and , as in boxing , a world series for blacks was organized in the 1920s . |
| 11 | While London-based IBCA has held firm to an average AA for the three , S&P and Moody 's have cut their grades to A. At the end of 1992 all three agencies rated them similarly . |
| 12 | The religious divisions also hardened to a considerable extent into national ones ; Catholicism not only held firm in southern Europe but extended itself northward , Lutheranism failed to root itself outside the Teutonic lands , while Calvinism spread in a long thin arc from Scotland , through France and the Netherlands to Poland and Hungary . |
| 13 | David Timmis held firm with 26 in 44 overs but received little support as Oswestry were sent back for 109 . |
| 14 | Are we back to the levels two years ago , with THE premier midfield , and a back four that held firm despite lots of snide comments about the apparent quality ? |
| 15 | Re-exporting of tropical and semi-tropical products had boomed in the later seventeenth century and although expansion was less rapid thereafter , it held firm through the first three-quarters of the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | Mr James Wray held firm for Labour in Glasgow Provan . |
| 17 | The western end of the line held firm for most of the three centuries of the frontier zone 's history , although there were frequent Turkish raids into Carinthia , Carniola , Styria and Croatia . |
| 18 | Leavis held firm to the idea that any kind of responsible discussion of literature was a critical act , so that the academic was inescapably engaged in criticism when lecturing or conducting a seminar . |
| 19 | But Christian MPs held firm to their demand for a programmed Syrian military withdrawal , brushing aside repeated verbal assurances from Arab countries that such a withdrawal would take place . |
| 20 | While there has been criticism of Mr Lamont 's performance during the election campaign , Mr Major admires the way his Chancellor has withstood the criticism and held firm to tough economic policies . |
| 21 | It doubles the winch reels so that the continuous loop is wound in and out simultaneously , and the camera held firm at any altitude . |
| 22 | Argyll 's shares held firm on the news , up 1.5p at 364p . |
| 23 | Otherwise , the sitter 's ankles and wrists are immediately grasped and held firm by tentacular protrusions which shoot from the mouths of certain Chaos faces in the wood . |
| 24 | Derby held firm until the seventy fifth minute when Andy Grey 's penalty gave Palace the lead . |
| 25 | You will find it much easier to work with the door removed and held firm in some form of vice . |