Sentence examples for it held out for from inspiring English sources

But Sinn Féin won votes by refusing to take its seats while it held out for further concessions on policing.

The surprise is that it held out for so long.

It held out for five weeks after the killings, before Lonmin finally agreed to negotiate and to pay 7% higher wages.

The Assembly refused to compromise on most major issues this year as it held out for a favorable school financing agreement that never materialized.

It held out for some time before finally accepting the ruling on Stansted – mounting a succession of ultimately unsuccessful legal challenges.

It is unclear why it held out for so long while cooperating with the French regulator from the beginning .It is a rather odd situation to have a French case and an EU case covering the same companies, in overlapping years, in the same country whether or not they relate to the same cartel," said one competition lawyer.

Everyone waits for someone else to take care of it, holding out for a free ride.

One might have more sympathy for Bassa were it holding out for the principles over which this dispute began more than a year ago.

But for 20 years, the Indians living in the poorest county in America have refused it, holding out for the return of their sacred hills.

If you're a girl, you've got star-struck Juliet, dim Miranda, insipid Desdemona, and then (bam!) you're Cleopatra – pining, past it, holding out for a hero.

Everyday I go to work and listen to the cartilage in my knee CRUNCH when I climb a ladder, and the only thing I can do is pray it holds out for just a couple more years.