Sentence examples for hold operation from inspiring English sources

But the military had seen Marja as a "clear and hold" operation in which the first part, clearing the district of militants, would be wrapped up fairly quickly.

This situation changed when COL Peterson a Professor of Economics at the West Point Military Academy and a graduate from MIT's Sloan School of Business was ordered to conduct Clear and Hold operations along Haifa Street.

Stand-alone and on a system level, the cell is stable during read, write and hold operations and it has great write-ability due to its differential write and loadless nature.

"This was just a holding operation".

But the decision was essentially a holding operation.

It was more of a holding operation than a fightback.

I was absolutely clear that it was a holding operation.

"Who do you encourage to do this important public service if its just a holding operation?

This was to become a holding operation – grief a hawk on a wrist.

The bottom line is that the budget was simply a holding operation.

As a sort of holding operation until the stabilisation fund is up and running, the ECB has been buying the bonds of troubled euro-zone countries.