Sentence examples for existed to hold from inspiring English sources

It felt as if we existed in a limbo land in the far north, a place that existed to hold or to anticipate grief.

The Bosnian government, which arrested the six men in October, agreed to turn them over after Bosnia's supreme court ruled Thursday that not enough evidence existed to hold them there.

I'm a comedy writer, and up until recently I was labouring under the illusion that satire existed to hold those in power to account – to undermine their pomposity; to highlight and mock their faults to such a degree that the public at large couldn't fail to see them – and that this would somehow feed back into our democracy: the loss of an election, or a vote of no confidence.

The media exist to hold power to account.

— the International Astronomical Union, which exists to hold elections on these things — voted it out.

The press exists to hold the powerful to account; to make sure they keep their word, and to demand answers when promises aren't kept.

"To the extent that Guantánamo exists to hold detainees beyond the reach of U.S. courts, this blows a hole in its reason for being," said Matthew Waxman, a former detainee affairs official at the Defense Department.

These transfers are the first signs that the US may close a prison that exists to hold enemy combatants in the war on terror – a war whose battlefield, opponents, scope, and ending have never been defined.

"For Network Rail's remuneration committee to rename bonuses as retention payments and tell the AGM that bosses will quit if they don't get these payouts is a completely unacceptable way to put pressure on the body that exists to hold the company to account.

But Donna Covey, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said the court had "protected the rights of many UK residents who have been let down by our justice system and it is important that this safeguard exists to hold our government to account when necessary".

When will hands exist to hold instead of take?