Sentence examples for apply to hold from inspiring English sources

During the Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the Chinese government had said anyone could apply to hold a protest in one of three designated parks in Beijing.

Barnaul officials turned them down on the grounds that the toys are "inanimate," of "foreign origin," and not citizens of Russia, and suggested that activists apply to hold the demonstration at a puppet theater.

The Social Democrats, who had expected from opinion polls to win around 20% of the vote, said they will apply to hold a rally at the end of August, but will not take to the streets without official permission.According to the election-observer mission of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), a number of international standards were not met.

With the rise in foreclosures, record numbers of families have applied to hold on to their homes under Chapter 13 of the federal bankruptcy code.

Two Chinese women, in their late 70s, were sentenced to "re-education through labor" for applying to hold a legal protest during the Games.

Alexeyev added: "When we started applying to hold gay pride events, I thought we'd make people listen, but now, I have my doubts".

A group opposed to the Bush administration's policies has applied to hold a march and a rally in Central Park, but the city has turned down the request without offering a reasonable alternative site.

London applied to hold the Olympic Games, which are scheduled to start next July, saying it would help to revamp and improve the city's poorer neighborhoods in the east.

NOT IN CHINA Two 70-year-old women protesting what they viewed as insufficient compensation for their homes were sentenced to "re-education through labor" for applying to hold a protest in an area where officials promised that Chinese could hold demonstrations during the Olympic Games.

But the Beijing police still sentenced the two women to an extrajudicial term of "re-education through labor" this week for applying to hold a legal protest in a designated area in Beijing, where officials promised that Chinese could hold demonstrations during the Olympic Games.

The fixation applied to hold the segments created by osteotomy is stable.