1. Jo held firm: nothing else would do.

2. The shares held firm at 280p.

3. The pound held firm against the Deutschmark today.

4. She held firm to her principles.

5. The Chancellor has withstood the criticism and held firm.

6. He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own.

7. The market was holding firm and edging up.

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8. She allowed her steady gaze to flicker from the glass which she had been holding firm.

9. Although momentarily tempted by the seductively rich chocolate dessert Sabrina's willpower held firm and she gave it to Graham.

10. Like fighters, those who flee tend to hold firm convictions about how progress and growth ought to be achieved.

11. But de Gaulle held firm because he knew that time was working in his favour.

12. The most positive sign was that the rattan lashings of the main hull seemed to be holding firm.

13. Last week the closely held firm announced it had sold $ 17. 25 million worth of limited partnership interests.

14. Holding firm with one hand, cut and shape the cake as illustrated.

15. While the system of formal ascribed status largely held firm, the divisions between classes showed signs of blurring.

16. C., held firm, since the federal government kept hiring more and more bureaucrats.

17. Argyll's shares held firm on the news, up 1.5p at 364p.

18. A dam about a mile upriver from the city held firm during the earthquake.

19. They did not like it, argued against it - argued against the whole match - but she held firm.

20. Above all, smile and hold firm to your principles.

21. Can the worker - peasant alliance continue to hold firm in these circumstances?

22. This is what made us hold firm with those players who wanted to leave.

23. It theto our success, which we will always hold firm and never abandon.

24. That has prompted the Europeans to hold firm on protecting their farmers.

25. Their long claws allow them to fasten onto the rocks and hold firm.

26. Broncos came close to levelling the scores just before half-time but a Shane Rodney knock-on helped Castleford to hold firm.