Sentences with phrase «to hold firm»

Instead, work actively to show your flexibility while holding firm on your beliefs.

Though the developer argued that the state already promised to provide $ 138 million for the project, the city held firm in its refusal.

The listing portal's median list price has held firm at $ 250,000, a record for the off - season.

For a privately held firm, a firm is classified as a family firm in case a family controls more than 50 % of the voting rights.

We have always held a firm belief in helping young people unlock and fulfil their potential, and creating a level playing field on opportunity.

The country's founders had a bias towards restraint in foreign affairs that held firm for a couple of generations.

Her teachers believe in both of these programs and hold firm with procedure.

On the 0.7 % aid target, the chancellor is also holding firm.

He says that will be «holding up the global panel pricing environment yet again,» with domestic pricing holding firm.

He might introduce a program bill and make a few speeches, but he won't hold firm on strong positions during negotiations.

They are real problems because most people are not neutral toward them but, on the contrary, hold firm convictions about them.

Advocates still worry that the incentives are not enough to hold the firms accountable for letting borrowers slip through the cracks.

Their networks of working relationships are the glue that holds firms together and ensures their viability.

They are also, if held firm to, dramatically boring.

When it comes to law firms there is a structural and cultural problem that will always hold firms back.

I have a situation where I need something on a bolt threads to hold it in place but need to adjust this bold occasionally, something to just hold it firm.

Thanks to the Internet, company research is relatively easy, especially on publicly held firms.

Slowly add the remaining 24 g / 2 tablespoons sugar and beat on medium - high speed until the whites hold firm, shiny peaks.

For days, though, the company held firm.

While the fastest marathon time for men has been slowly but steadily improving for the last 30 years or so, the women's record has held firm since 2003.

Companies led by a family member were particularly good bets, producing better returns than both widely held firms and those that were family controlled but managed by someone outside the clan.

At this point the eggs should be white, glossy and hold a firm shape.

If the school holds firm and your child really isn't ready, you may need to consider holding him back a bit longer.

Our defense is still a suspect of not holding firm under pressure!

What is most important, as the courts and legislature deliberate on school finance, is to ensure that any system holds firm to principles of excellence, fairness and equity.

Our committee held firm: such grading was purely arbitrary, and worse, would only be used politically.

But the others held firm, hoping for pastors.

When the second law is generalized to take correlations into account, the law holds firm.

Although there were moments when the planet's magnetic shields held firm, it spent far more time with weak shields than strong shields.

Take your right leg and point it up to the ceiling; left leg holds firm to the floor.

When all the cream has been added, turn the speed up to medium - high and whip until the mixture holds firm peaks.

Perhaps not surprisingly, teachers held firm in their commitment to higher spending.

Once this happens the break pedal will never hold firm again.

All our long - term holding firms must be transparent with investors; market leaders with pricing power.

Of course if you are bearish on this market you believe the resistance holds firm.

His earliest mature statements took the form of collage, and the medium has held firm within his oeuvre ever since.

The idea of increasing your firm's agility in where, when, and how attorneys can work is too beneficial to let these security fears hold your firm back though.

Our limitations in attack means we're unlikely to put three or four past Stoke and we need to rely on our defence to hold firm at the back.

He said Musk, who is using his own money in his privately held firm, has incentive to be more financially savvy.

Of course it is all sugar coated not accepting that there are any real problems or criticisms, and claiming that the underlying science still holds firm.

However, most of those reasons are exactly why lawyers should be setting and holding firm on retainer amounts.

I have spoken directly with many of our clients and every one of them agrees that we need to hold firm with the terms we now offer.

In fact, there are several tactics you can employ to hold firm in even the most intimidating negotiations.

For the most part, prices held firm, and grape markets look strong going forward for these two markets.

This highlights a natural challenge with them: a consolidated preferred provider deal only works if we can define and hold the firm accountable for quality — and that's very hard to do.

Increase speed to medium high and beat until cream is thick and holds firm peaks.