Example sentences of "hold on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Baumrind ( 1982 ) , supporting Gilligan 's different voice hypothesis against what she sees as the traditionalism of the psychology of androgyny , holds on to the traditional framework of Jungian psychology in order to do this , and later ( 1986 ) , reinterprets the hypothesis in a humanist and spiritual framework , which is not differentiated by gender . |
| 2 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 3 | The crosser is required to tight-rope walk on the single strand below and hold on to the two other lines for balance . |
| 4 | That 's it because what you well you either hold on to the first five or six and then you lose the rest or sometimes you remember the beginning and the end and you lose the bit in the middle , ah . |
| 5 | Hold on to the furthest part of the leg that you can reach without straining , lowering the body as close to the leg as possible . |
| 6 | Holding on to the Familiar |
| 7 | Note the tension produced by holding on to the passing note of A♯ in bars 12 and 16 , and the ‘ heavy ’ sound of the minor 3rd ( G natural ) against the E7 chord in bar 18 , anticipating the ♭7th of the A7 to follow . |
| 8 | She cried aloud in joyous elation , her body still on fire , holding on to the magical moment as long as she could . |
| 9 | That 's if the woman ever prays , Isabel reflected , holding on to the random thought to steady her shaky nerves . |
| 10 | Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ? |
| 11 | His conclusion , probably acceptable to most parliamentarians , is that Ukraine should ratify START 1 now , but should hold on to the 46 missiles which that treaty does not cover ( though the Lisbon protocol does ) , and delay accession to the NPT . |
| 12 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 13 | Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works . |
| 14 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 15 | Forest manager Brian Clough is poised to challenge Middlesbrough 's resolve to hold on to the former England Under-21 international after having had Ripley watched during an impressive promotion season . |
| 16 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 17 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 18 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 19 | Ultimately , de Gaulle 's attempt to hold on to the symbolic status bestowed by 18 June and the war proved his undoing . |
| 20 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 21 | It was now becoming increasingly clear that the French were determined at least to hold on to the richest party , namely Cochinchina : or at least this was the unmistakable objective of the new French High Commissioner , the implacable Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu . |
| 22 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 23 | Against the implacable opposition of its lord , Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554 . |
| 24 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
| 25 | ‘ The Renegades ’ from Dundalk certainly held on to the very end . |
| 26 | The longer that socialist parties held on to the old orthodoxies , the worse they have suffered . |
| 27 | But he would not let her , her stubborn sailor , he held on to her as the walls held on to the moving air within her house . |
| 28 | It seemed that the Bangor girl had timed her late surge to perfection , but Martin held on for the closest of wins . |
| 29 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 30 | She held on to the far side of the desk , and moaned . |