Example sentences of "hold out [art] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ everlasting arms ’ hold out a cushion against our own inadequacies which , like a doctor 's placebo , is none the less effective for being imaginary .
2 This trend towards a greater reliance upon jobs in service industries does not by itself , however , hold out a great deal of hope for the long-term male unemployed , or the emerging underclass .
3 All you have to do is drive to this place and hold out a hand in friendship . ’
4 Oh yeah , what happened , hold out a trouser missing .
5 They are thus more ‘ moral ’ or , as he can also say , more ‘ teleological ’ than Islam , for they discern and hold out an ethical purpose and direction for human life .
6 So too the yawning depths of the wave , even while threatening annihilation , hold out the promise of rebirth .
7 New sluice gates hold out the sea water at high tides .
8 Advice like ‘ it 's your age ’ or ‘ you 'll just have to learn to live with it ’ is beginning to wear thin and many people are seeking desperately for alternatives which hold out the promise of improved health .
9 Only the most illustrious names hold out the lure of considerable profit ; but many thousands of unknown men and women have left behind them a legacy of written material that will never be illicitly copied and imitated yet will yield a rich store of history , and throw light on their place and period , life and labours , which are every bit as important , in the ultimate scale of things , as the antics and accomplishments of those who contrived to hit the headlines .
10 Participants in a five-year effort by the Carnegie Corporation to bring science and government closer together believe that they have improved that relationship somewhat and hold out the promise of even greater success .
11 Modern techniques of electroencephalography ( BEG ) , however , hold out the promise of localising the electrical activity of the brain in so far as this can be detected at the scalp .
12 The authors hold out the hope that at a future date , when the processes involved are better understood , the damage done to the ozone layer may be reversed .
13 The alternative of higher personal subscriptions does not , I believe , hold out the likelihood of sufficient income to meet the mounting costs of protecting yachtsmen and their rights .
14 went in there with a twenty cigarette box erm two twenty cigarette boxes yeah ? like when you see cigarette and they pull out their fag , have you got a cigarette and hold out the box forty two cigarettes .
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