Example sentences of "hold out for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 3 | Mitchell is amongst those who argue against Firestone and hold out for the continuing relevance of Freud 's work . |
| 4 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |
| 5 | Spent the afternoon watching youngest son 's team holding out for a draw while rushing to and from the car to get the latest score from Lord 's . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're holding out for a wedding-ring , ’ he said flatly . |
| 7 | Wallace Mercer holding out for a better offer . |
| 8 | East Belfast-based midfielder Keery ( 28 ) has been holding out for a better deal than the one on offer . |
| 9 | He said Libya was not being ‘ stubborn ’ , but merely holding out for an honourable solution to the crisis . |
| 10 | Yet as was noted , inventions , like choices , are always constrained by social experiential factors such as available opportunities and knowledge of alternatives ; even the most ardent indeterminist would acknowledge such things ( while still holding out for an irreducible residue of free choice ) . |
| 11 | A Goebbels article in Das Reich at the beginning of March , in which he had emphasized ‘ the great honour of the victims and of holding out for the new Europe ’ , for which it was worthwhile ‘ fighting to the last man in order to go down in history ’ , met with heavy criticism . |
| 12 | This is the kind of question which has no answer , since no difference between commitment and rhetoric will be discernable until refugees are faced with a real choice between some kind of a settlement falling short of the ideal and holding out for the ideal itself . |
| 13 | Most people in the territories feared the PLO was in danger of rushing into some unsatisfactory settlement rather than holding out for the right conditions . |
| 14 | ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ She 'd hold out for a while but it would always be made up after he came back with the roses . |
| 16 | This is the issue which occupies Anne Phillips , Sylvia Walby and Michèle Barrett in particular , with a certain consensus that , after all , we must hold out for a version of modernism ( against post-modernism ) , and what Phillips calls a ‘ middle route ’ which retains its aspiration to universalism . |
| 17 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 18 | But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money . |
| 19 | It may be considered that a three year period in 7.6.5 is too long and that two years is an adequate period for reinstatement to take place , but the landlord will probably hold out for the longer period . |
| 20 | Earlier , he dismissed Labour 's invitation to join its inquiry into electoral reform as a ‘ short-term tactical move ’ and delivered his strongest warning yet to his rivals not to underestimate his party 's determination ‘ at every level ’ to hold out for a clear commitment to proportional representation as its price for a coalition deal . |
| 21 | With Amstrad shares edging ahead to 29p , just 1p below the offer price , analysts were expecting shareholders to hold out for a better offer . |
| 22 | Provided we take enough water with us there 's no reason why we should n't be able to hold out for a considerable time in the banqueting hall , which is in a far better situation for defence … and let me remind you that with every passing day , relief comes nearer … perhaps as much as twenty miles nearer with every day 's march … |
| 23 | This ‘ bad faith ’ operates among the doctors and pharmacists who allow their knowledge and skill to be abused ; among the politicians who wish to see themselves as community benefactors , while knowing full well that they are nothing of the sort ; and even among the poor who are so often critical of the medical ‘ care ’ they receive yet continue to hold out for a medical solution to their social and economic problems . |
| 24 | Greece sought until the last moment to hold out for a higher ceiling than the 60,500 transit licences offered to Greek lorries . |
| 25 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 26 | I married Melanie , if I 'm honest , because she was the only one who 'd held out for a wedding-ring . ’ |
| 27 | He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him . |
| 28 | SCUNTHORPE , down to 10 men for more than an hour , equalised , forced extra time and then held out for a second replay . |
| 29 | She held out for a federal party in the negotiations with the Russians ( 1902 ) to the point where the talks broke down . |
| 30 | Aussie skipper Border and pace bowler Merv Hughes , who was fined Pounds 185 , appealed vigorously for lbw decisions as tail-enders Ian Bishop and Courtney Walsh held out for a draw in Brisbane . |