Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] to hold [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They are much more likely to hold on to a degree of independence . |
| 3 | Mr Quiles is probably more concerned to hold on to his job . |
| 4 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He was finding Reason rather difficult to hold on to . |
| 7 | I always find ‘ balance ’ a curiously bloodless word , extraordinarily difficult to hold on to in practice in the heat of the classroom . |