Sentence examples for point of holding from inspiring English sources

"What is the point of holding public hearings, if nobody is hearing us?" asked Rami Azis, the mayor of Dazhdovnik.

The truth is that, once Britain got to the point of holding on to its colonists by force, it had already all but lost them.

He also made a point of holding informal talks over breakfast with Salmond, who declared that Carney would, in the governor's words, provide a "technocratic assessment" of how a currency union would work.

And he has often made a point of holding himself above the messiness of partisan politics; during appearances around the state, he has routinely surrounded himself with Republicans and Democrats.

The decree aroused only muted controversy, yet it called into question the point of holding a referendum in the first place.Despite efforts at dialogue with the disparate political groups that led Egypt's revolution, the army has often appeared reluctant to move except to stave off renewed protests.

If it happens, the SLORC government, which is a legal government, will not look on with folded arms".Who can persuade General Khin Nyunt and his colleagues that the whole point of holding an election is to convene a parliament that will choose a government and that most of the world refuses to recognise the legality of the SLORC regime?

They heard only one halftime speech from Price on the finer points of holding onto a lead.

But I always have to be careful when I use that word "family," because a lot of times it can be misinterpreted as taking care of people to the point of not holding them accountable.

I was 23 and nearing a point of desperation, holding a college degree but no job to show for it.

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The static phases of the exercises were analysed, using an interval of 4700 ms after the defined starting point of the holding position.