Example sentences of "[adj] to hold on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | So do not be afraid to hold on to impressions that logically seem to cancel one another out . |
| 2 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 3 | The industry is working twice as hard to hold on to their share of advertising and is concentrating on giving readers even more for their money — quality editorial , more colour etc . |
| 4 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 5 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 6 | Well by the time she 's finished this course she should be confident to hold on to things in the water , you know |
| 7 | Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job . |
| 8 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 9 | In this kind of situation they might be concerned to hold on to what they have by accepting a change in the electoral system that would block the prospect of a Socialist Government committed to extensive state intervention and a more " extreme " kind of constitutional reconstruction . |
| 10 | It was kicked around like a football from family to family , none of whom seemed to have loved it or to have been able to hold on to it for long . |
| 11 | Interest waned in the afternoon , but with conditions still said to be ‘ squeezy , ’ the Treasury 11¾p.c. 2003–07 was able to hold on to a rise of £516 to £117⅝ on a yield of 9.13p.c . |
| 12 | What we should remember , however , is that workers have not always had the same kinds of experiences I have just described and have , consequently , been able to hold on to a sense of political relatedness between themselves as individuals and groups vis-à-vis society and the industrial enterprises within it . |
| 13 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 14 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 15 | They 're able to hold on to that for the duration of the talk and be able to understand them as concepts and therefore it helps to put over the ideas . |
| 16 | yeah , yes verbally yes if we 're writing we 'd actually be six but it was it was the span of conception was n't it the capacity of the brain The span of conception says that if you deliver your presentation in groups of three in three themes and three subthemes then the audience is able to hold on to that and the way in which we set up the delivery or the way in which we delivered the structured thought pattern was through method |
| 17 | Because that would mean that he would have been able to hold on to his job . |
| 18 | It is important to hold on to our hats and remember that it was quite well reviewed at the time . |
| 19 | Most French people believed it was essential to hold on to their Empire in the late 1940s . |
| 20 | I always find ‘ balance ’ a curiously bloodless word , extraordinarily difficult to hold on to in practice in the heat of the classroom . |
| 21 | He was finding Reason rather difficult to hold on to . |
| 22 | At this very moment it was difficult to hold on to her reservations about him ; difficult and almost impossible not to fit in and go along with his present mood and be more than happy to do so . |
| 23 | It was less passive and more assertive , determined to hold on to the powers it had reclaimed from the executive in both foreign and domestic policy . |
| 24 | That is to say no French government and probably no French political party at this time was willing to concede the principle of secession ; and the permanent loss of Indochina would obviously have made it harder to hold on to French North Africa and even to Black Africa . |
| 25 | Both Mr Porter and Mr Graham expect the NIE issue to very popular , with many local investors keen to hold on to the shares so that they can qualify for the discount vouchers will entitle them to money off their electricity bills . |
| 26 | The traders sometimes called swagmen have battled against the plan and are keen to hold on to their pitches for as long as they can . |
| 27 | The Lord has given her Psalm 91 and Psalm 121 to hold on to and she knows that He is in control of the situation . |