Sentence examples for orders to hold from inspiring English sources

General Jancovics will be given orders to hold Durazzo without worrying about possible diplomatic developments.

The Afghan border patrol, with orders to hold the line, is hungry.

Given that differential, efforts to prevent North-South trade were as ineffective King Canute's orders to hold back the waves.

Young activists in Mr. Ouattara's camp said they were under orders to hold back while diplomats tried to reach a resolution.

Vettel then won the season title in 2011 and 2012, and the tensions between the drivers came to a head at the Malaysian Grand Prix this April, when Vettel ignored team orders to hold position.

Disregarding orders to hold his position until the end of May, Rommel resumed his advance on April 2 with 50 tanks, followed up more slowly by two new Italian divisions.

In order to hold on to power, he has kept a tight grip on the economy.

Canada and Switzerland have had to evolve this sense in order to hold together strongly divergent nationality groups.

He rented rooms in an Arab hotel, in order to hold a Passover Seder.

Slovenia have abandoned most of their enterprise in order to hold on for the win.

Hezbollah has so far exercised restraint in order to hold onto power.