Sentence examples for practice to hold from inspiring English sources

It is normal practice to hold abandoned luggage for a month to see if anyone claims it.

After the Black Death closed Europe's bath houses, there was no bulwark of religious practice to hold back the tide of dirtiness.

The Nassau County sheriff, Michael J. Sposato, said it was "common practice" to hold a suspect in a county outside where a serious crime occurred in cases where the victim was a law enforcement officer.

For six years, Democrats in the Senate have chafed at an unprecedented abuse of the filibuster by Republicans, who have used the practice to hold up nominees high and low and require a supermajority for virtually every bill.

Standardise (introduce process and practice to hold the gains).

The seven steps are: Define (reason for improvement with clear problem and goal statement) Observation (understand current situation from different perspectives) Analysis (identify and validate root cause) Action (create countermeasures) Check (results/effects) Standardise (introduce process and practice to hold the gains) Conclusion (reflection and future plan).

While the Justice Department has failed to prosecute most of these cases (the September 2007 Nisour Square massacre being an exception), attorney Susan Burke has dedicated a substantial part of her practice to holding the company responsible for its crimes.

What did happen is this: on Feb. 13, 1996, the city of Bristol signed an agreement with the Bristol Soap Box Derby Association, Inc. that allowed the latter to "conduct soap box practices, to hold meets, competitions and activities related to the Bristol Soap Box" in Page Park.

Publishers are constantly adapting their practices to help hold down student spending, and stay abreast of students' learning styles.

This underlines the critical importance of designing methods of sharing financial risk if practices (especially small practices) are to hold hard budgets in future.

It is time for the National Association of Social Workers' code of ethics, which sets guiding principles and practice standards, to hold employers accountable for providing a safe workplace.