Example sentences of "[adv] to hold on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exactly that , although God knows confidence is difficult enough to hold on to . |
| 2 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 3 | Against the implacable opposition of its lord , Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554 . |
| 4 | The thrust of the privatisation campaigns has been to persuade individuals to subscribe for shares , not to hold on to them once the issue is over . |
| 5 | Because of this , we surrender to God our self-knowledge and our self-significance , all the things we struggle so desperately to hold on to in our egoism . |
| 6 | Unable to cope with her displacement , she tries desperately to hold on to her Frenchness . |
| 7 | These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive . |
| 8 | Robbie , leaning against the cushions of a high-backed wooden settle , fought hard to hold on to reality . |
| 9 | It was now becoming increasingly clear that the French were determined at least to hold on to the richest party , namely Cochinchina : or at least this was the unmistakable objective of the new French High Commissioner , the implacable Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu . |