Example sentences of "holds out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It holds out for beauty over mere rhetoric , active passion over passive submission . |
| 2 | Without the imperative of obedience , albeit lovingly enforced , the child may come to conclude that if he holds out for long enough , demanding his own will , he 'll get his own way in the end . |
| 3 | The major obstacles to more conservative — Dr Anusavice holds out for ‘ ultraconservative ’ — dentistry are the outmoded attitudes of dentists and their patients . |
| 4 | The man counts the money and they argue for a while , Tod saying nine hundred , the man saying seven , then the man saying six while Tod holds out for a thou , and so on . |
| 5 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 6 | He has strong , agile and indeed superb hands ; in the palm of his raised , right hand he holds out to you a miniature city , complete with dome , bridges and towers , the freedom of which he is offering you and which he has promised to protect . |
| 7 | On a Russian tour when he had a lot of causes for dissatisfaction , snapshots show him still lively : pretending to drop a kopek into the hat Marcia Haydée holds out to him ; embracing a Russian colleague , Yuri Grigorovich of the Bolshoi ; thoughtfully watching a Russian ballet class . |
| 8 | Re-visioning our economy is the opportunity James Robertson holds out in Future Wealth — A New Economics for the 21st Century ( Cassell ) . |
| 9 | Only Rugby Union holds out against the commercial tide despite widespread speculation about covert payments to players . |