Example sentences of "hold out for the " in BNC.

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1 Mitchell is amongst those who argue against Firestone and hold out for the continuing relevance of Freud 's work .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ Still holding out for the twenty per cent , I see , Maurice . ’
6 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 .
7 But I doubt he 'll hold out for the money .
8 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 .
9 He was ready now , and had his hand held out for the instrument , lightly brushing her fingers accidentally as she passed it to him .
10 The very idea of Poland was an insult to everything Frederick thought Prussia stood for , and the only hope he held out for the Poles was that partition and Germanisation would turn them into useful members of society .
11 For the first time since Tamar had met her , the putty-coloured cheeks were flushed and the hands which she held out for the child were shaking .
12 What is important to highlight at this juncture is the attraction that such a possibility held out for the intellectual workers of the time .
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