Example sentences of "hold out [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Re-visioning our economy is the opportunity James Robertson holds out in Future Wealth — A New Economics for the 21st Century ( Cassell ) . |
| 2 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 3 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 4 | The scuttlebutt says their contracts were not yet signed and that the pair were holding out for better terms and conditions . |
| 5 | It recommends that developing countries seek " advance payments and relatively small royalties rather than holding out for higher royalties that may never materialise " . |
| 6 | This leaves those who are holding out for more in a very unfavourable position . |
| 7 | The refugees have spent six days on the Austrian border holding out for British permits . |
| 8 | If he 's holding out at all , on anything , maybe I could get it out of him , sir . ’ |
| 9 | Having realised how crucial START 1 and NPT ratification are to the West , many Ukrainians — 90% , according to the latest opinion polls — believe their country should hold out for financial compensation ; the current price tag , described as covering the costs of dismantling the warheads , is $1 billion . |
| 10 | I debated whether to be sick or not myself , and decided that I could hold out for another half hour . |
| 11 | This was followed by an interview between the President and Von Papen : and I can not help thinking that , during their conversation together , the former must have assured the latter that , so long as she could hold out against Allied demands , Turkey would abstain from hostile action towards Germany . |
| 12 | She glanced nervously at the windows , wondering how they 'd hold out against fiercer gusts than those already battering the house . |
| 13 | The Jags looked as though they would hold out until half time but barely two minutes before the break they conceded a free kick just outside the box . |
| 14 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 15 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 16 | France was virtually the only kingdom of central Europe to hold out against papal influence . |
| 17 | There has been much conjecture about a lack of motivation at lower levels in the Iraqi formations , as contrasted with that displayed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards , or Pasdaran , whose commitment and capacity to hold out against Iraqi superiority in equipment were important features of the war 's early years . |
| 18 | The pro-Gamsakhurdia forces , who organized strikes and demonstrations and a media and transportation blockade of the East , were demoralized by their leader 's failure to make further public appearances , and ultimately lacked the necessary firepower to hold out against superior forces . |
| 19 | All they have to do is to hold out against substandard systems and apply pragmatic criteria in the face of technical jargon . |
| 20 | Given the nomenclature of his position , he will prima facie be held out as one of the members of the firm . |
| 21 | If the man had held out for five seconds he would have been dead . |
| 22 | Miss Owada is thought to have held out for one concession : relatively open public relations . |
| 23 | We could have held out for another three years and got over all the changes and benefited financially , but I do n't believe finance is the be-all and end-all of everything . |
| 24 | Russia on Aug. 6 recognized the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as independent , prompting protests from the Greek government which had held out against wider European recognition . |
| 25 | One afternoon we were taken to the Kidge above Delhi where British troops had held out against constant attacks during the Mutiny . |
| 26 | A garrison of fewer than 10,000 men had held out against massive Japanese land and air forces and more than 3,000 died in the defence and subsequent occupation . |
| 27 | In terrible conditions underfoot and with a raging rainstorm Palace held out under terrific Wednesday pressure ( their sides of those days were always packed with internationals ) and won with a goal scored just before half-time . |
| 28 | They needed two wickets in the final over but picked up only one as Hightown held out at 110–9 . |
| 29 | Masada held out for two years . |
| 30 | George Dunlop , of Linfield , preferred to Allen McKnight , held out for 42 minutes , but when Fort Dunlop came under siege , the defences were found wanting , and the only Irish-based player on the field was at fault for the important first goal . |