Example sentences of "hold out in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mahdi Mohammed loyalists were holding out in the northern fringes of the capital . |
| 2 | Prison officers at Strangeways are threatening to break off negotiations with those inmates still holding out in the jail , but they 're denying the ultimatum means they 'll use force to end the five day siege . |
| 3 | Walter Sherfield , who had started school the year before , remembers the time well , particularly during the long hot summer days when lessons were held out in the open , under the old oak trees . |
| 4 | If this state of affairs continues the state will be denied an important source of legitimation for its own authority — namely the promise ( which it has held out in the past ) of a steady increase in the level of material well-being enjoyed by the population as a whole ( Poggi , 1978 ; Winkler , 1975 ; Poulantzas , 1978 ; Habermas , 1971 , 1976 ) . |
| 5 | Charles swept the land twice with his armies , burning and killing wherever he could find victims , but the Saxons held out in the impenetrable forests and marshes , closing in behind the Frankish military movements . |
| 6 | When they saw Frick , whom they had been told to expect , the Sturmabteilungen snapped to attention , their arms held out in the traditional Nazi salute . |
| 7 | Burford 's Trevor Smith … held on and held out in the worst of conditions to come home in twenty eighth spot … |