Sentence examples for made holding from inspiring English sources

Mr. Bush has made holding down spending one of his primary goals.

Other analysts said Russia's strong balance of payments and oil revenue made holding its debt less risky.

S&P said the "structural weaknesses" in the Spanish economy, and the likelihood of a long recession, made holding the country's debt more risky.

The first half was a mess, undoubtedly because the frigid conditions made holding on to and controlling the football nearly impossible.

The abolition of slavery in both Hindu and Muslim India by Act V of 1843 meant only that the British courts would not enforce claims to a slave, but the Penal Code of 1861 made holding a slave a crime.

Hedge funds, which make bets on swings in stocks, bonds, currencies and commodity prices, rose about 4percentt on average last year, about the same as what investors made holding three-month United States Treasury bills.

The cyclotron-produced isotopes, on which the original measurements had been made, held much lower traces of plutonium-240.

When the point has been made, hold the magnifying glass steady.

Negative interest rates make holding government bonds attractive even when they are yielding next to nothing.

Unless, that is, we figure out a way to make holding money less attractive.

That makes holding a job a higher priority than holding the line on pay and benefits, much less pushing for improvements, Mr. Masik said.