Sentence examples for a weak hold from inspiring English sources

A weak hold at these levels.

Of the three possible scenarios the estimate enumerates, the most optimistic is a weak hold on stability in Iraq, but the worst outcome is civil war.

There was, for example, a time of shadow when Clive Woodward was a commoner with a weak hold on his job as coach of England.

The Pakistani government is publicly an ally, but it has a weak hold on power (in a country that has nuclear weapons), and one can't be sure that it won't make a separate peace with the Taliban.

Indeed, this substantial outperformance is now accompanied by a feeling that the shares are very much up with events, such that the market consensus now sits at a weak hold.

Some have a weak hold on power, and they are in no mood to entertain the $600 million in concessions sought by Mr. Bloomberg because that would irk union members.

Gluing over a dirty or dusty surface can interfere with the bonding action of the glue, resulting in a weaker hold.

The attack in the centre of Grozny again shows the weak hold the government has on the region.

Evidence of the Templars' weak hold on the island came when King John, on his accession in 1199, confirmed the earlier grant.

External fixation in elderly patients again presents difficulties due to weak hold of the pins in osteoporotic bone.

Internal fixation devices, however, have a much weaker hold in osteoporotic bone and are therefore more likely to loosen and lose fracture alignment.