Example sentences of "hold out [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But his aims of holding out hope for jobs and industry will come against a damning confidential Government report on the prospects for industry and an emphatic thumbs-down to Mr Lamont 's continued tenure as Chancellor from the Scottish business community . |
| 2 | Dawn is particularly inquisitive , and I soon discovered she would never fly properly in a new area without investigating it first , even if I was holding out food for her . |
| 3 | She obviously would not have travelled such a huge distance if she did not hold out hope for the relationship , and Charity wanted to respect that . |
| 4 | In later years , by contrast , he came to speak in public less and less frequently , despite being repeatedly urged to do so by Goebbels and others , evidently realizing only too well how closely the effectiveness of his rhetoric was dependent on being able to report success and to hold out hope for an end to the war . |
| 5 | Six months ago we reported interim results , fifty eight percent down on the previous year but held out hope for a stronger performance in the second half , in the event our os optimism was justified . |