Example sentences of "[be] hold on to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perfect or absolute Truth , which is known by faith , is beyond our empirical grasp which means that we must act in the knowledge that we are holding on to such truth as we are able to apprehend in this world . |
| 2 | and I 've re I have quite a high awareness about women 's position in society , but because of that I feel that I 've now come to reject the term feminism because erm I think it 's also harming the people who , you know , it 's harming the women that are holding on to that er , label because it is label and that is erm because it 's , because it 's a label it then it 's blocking er forms progress for women . |
| 3 | They more or less called him a fool when he tried to change back into whatever it was our current whatever it was and if that 's the case erm Hungar Hungarians are holding on to this two thousand pound , it 's surety is n't it ? |
| 4 | People would still be living here who had been in residence since before the war and were holding on to controlled tenancies until dislodged by offers of cash or other accommodation , but they would not be there much longer . |
| 5 | Meditation is holding on to that silken thread throughout life . |