Sentence examples for holding real from inspiring English sources

A child dressed as Spiderman wandered up Greenwich Street, past police officers holding real machine guns.

The country's external competitiveness can be improved by holding real wage growth below that of other trading countries.

He may look for some other position holding real rather than symbolic power, possibly the state presidency.

Holding real names in reserve throughout most of the book is one of Mr. Murakami's creative ploys.

"The trust structure has been around for years but, until recently, it was generally used only by funds holding real estate.

A POLICY of financial repression is designed to punish savers and reward borrowers; by holding real rates negative, the burden of debt gradually reduces.

And it holds real promise of rescuing our business model.

Seven days later, they have now held Real Madrid.

When in government, at least, they hold real power.

Thanks to low inflation, central banks have held real interest rates at historically low levels.

What are the conceits, the ideas that can hold real weight?