Example sentences of "than hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | As can be seen , the Dutch do more than hold their own in the strong German classes , even at this level . |
| 2 | When you knit with the main bed alone , the sinker plate does more than hold the yarn ; it holds the knitting back against the machine while the needles move forward . |
| 3 | Any use of force , according to this view , had to do more than hold the lines on the battlefield ; it had also to allow the Bosnian government the chance to fight and retake territory it had lost . |
| 4 | And obviously she had done more than hold her own . |
| 5 | Lucy Lane enjoyed the distinction of having convinced Wycliffe that a woman could more than hold her own in the serious crimes squad and not only in rape cases . |
| 6 | And they were very reticent about about coming on a programme and airing their views , especially with three women who could erm do more than hold their own . |
| 7 | The tow pilot can help by allowing his aircraft to climb away , gaining speed rather than holding it down close to the ground . |
| 8 | Huntington ( 1981 ) identifies two significant elements of GP occupational culture : a biophysical ( rather than psychosocial ) frame of reference , and an action ( rather than holding ) orientation . |
| 9 | We tend to think of the reptiles as somehow past their ‘ prime ’ , but it would be more accurate to say that they had been displaced from the top jobs in nature , while more than holding their own in the shop floor . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Items that do not respond to immediate cleaning are placed in to soak , rather than holding up progress , and dealt with later during slack times or at the end of a session . |
| 12 | So , rather than holding it in front of you as in the carve gybe , you deliberately lose the power from the rig by oversheeting ad leaning it towards the wave . |
| 13 | Some of the surplus might be channelled through financial institutions , e.g. banks and insurance companies , rather than holding direct claims , e.g. share certificates , on other sectors . |
| 14 | In fact it took a revolutionary medical technique for Ian to be able to play again , but only for the Palace Reserves , for the first team were , at that time at least , more than holding their own in Division One . |
| 15 | TOMATO CONTINUE to impress with a pair of releases that may be label mates but , in relationship to each other , go no further than holding hands . |
| 16 | But it soon became apparent that Britain still preferred little more than an effective interlocking system of treaties along the lines of the Treaty of Dunkirk : increasingly , if these were initiated , they would be little more than holding operations until the United States shared in the defence of Western Europe . |
| 17 | When data is written to the hard disk , the cache moves it straight to the hard drive , normally , rather than holding onto the data and doing it later . |
| 18 | Surely this is the moment when the strong west should be able to offer a hand of assistance to those countries , rather than holding them at arm 's length while it completes its own internal workings . |
| 19 | It recommends that developing countries seek " advance payments and relatively small royalties rather than holding out for higher royalties that may never materialise " . |
| 20 | Taking the lead is often easier than holding onto it . |
| 21 | To hold that a procedure is unfair involves a less apparent interference with the administration than to hold that the actual decision was unreasonable . |
| 22 | I will do you … any embassage … rather than hold three words ' conference with this harpy . |
| 23 | Lucille thought the girl and the cavalry officer made a very fine couple , but she wished the girl would smile rather than hold her face in such a cold and supercilious expression . |
| 24 | I would er agree actually with what I think Mr was a saying on balance , that 's it 's best to go with the bit that you 've got rather than hold that up to , to er to come back to Road later . |
| 25 | Expertise is diffuse rather than held within the guided hand of the state authority . |
| 26 | Many of them used to meet regularly at Shirreff 's wine bar under Ludgate Circus where , despite a lifelong stammer , Lewis more than held his own ; he was indeed described by Belloc as the wittiest man he had ever known . |
| 27 | Hibs , in spite of losing Gordon Hunter through injury after 35 minutes , had more than held their own until then . |