Sentence examples for dollars holding from inspiring English sources
1995 -- The Elmore Leonard gangster-in-Hollywood tale, "Get Shorty," and its star, John Travolta, once again charmed their way to the top with $10.2 million $15.9 millionn in 2015 dollars), holding off a trio of newcomers.
1985 -- Arnold Schwarzenegger and "Commando" stormed to a third straight week atop the chart with $4.2 million $9.3 millionn in 2015 dollars), holding off the Jeff Bridges-Glenn Close thriller "Jagged Edge".
They are holding two more special investigations on Benghazi, even though they have spent thousands of hours and millions of dollars holding hearings that have yielded no connection to the White House or improprieties.
Megafon, Russia's second largest mobile phone operator, said this week it had converted 40% of its cash holdings to Hong Kong dollars held at Chinese banks.
About 200 billion Canadian dollars held in Canadian markets are now invested in trusts.
Seignorage from dollars held abroad may be worth some 0.1% of American GDP.The dollar's predominance in bond markets also gives America a "liquidity discount" on government debt.
The industry has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars, held regular meetings with regulators and bombarded federal agencies with public letters.
In 1960, there were already more dollars held in Europe than there was gold in Fort Knox to honour the paper, if presented.
Regulators are investigating whether or not these trades skirted international sanctions against Russia by turning Russia-held roubles into dollars held outside the country.
The first currency swap took place in 1981, and allowed I.B.M. to trade surplus Swiss francs and Deutsche marks for dollars held by the World Bank.
Judson's estimate for the U.S. dollars held abroad is on the high side; another analysis of the same data puts it at more like twenty-five per cent.
