| The group agrees to hold off on any real decisions until replacements are hired. |
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| My surmise is that anyone who has a patent to prosecute will hold off until the European software patent decision is made. |
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| Rockets and automatic fire stream over your head as you try and hold off the assault on your position. |
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| In some cases, entire families headed off, picnic in tow, hoping that the rain would hold off. |
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| He was able to hold off the combined armies of the French, Austrians, Spanish, and Neapolitans for several weeks. |
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| Is the American public saying to you hold off on the school vouchers to help kids go from public schools to private or parochial schools? |
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| Strong and aggressive, he is not averse to a bit of shirt pulling and uses his arms effectively to hold off defenders. |
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| How he manages to stay so calm and hold off his anger for so long is beyond me. |
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| My only training was in how to hold off the rooster when I was scattering the wheat grains to the hens. |
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| I saw their escorts, some of them guards, some of them officials, all around them to hold off the press of the crowd. |
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| I hope the medications can hold off the disease long enough for a cure to be found. |
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| You will hold off until everything meets with your approval. |
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| First-time jugglers are advised to hold off on the chain saws. |
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| To fit these payments in her budget, she'll be living with a roommate in a small apartment and hold off any big purchases, like a car. |
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| But can they hold off the competition that is trying to dethrone them in the one tournament that really matters? |
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| At the time, it was my inclination to hold off pricing nitrogen fertilizer. |
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| Fear of undershooting the target means the central bank is more likely to hold off on increasing rates, analysts have said. |
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| If he has anything to ask or anything to say, could he hold off until the end of the speech by the member for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Lachine. |
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| Pro Farmer Canada's suggestion, last fall, to hold off any nitrogen forward contract pricing has turned out to be the correct call. |
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| Farmers were also expected to hold off until later in the year to move their production because of the drop off in prices. |
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| He asked that senior management ask managers to hold off until final decisions are made. |
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| If you hold off on sending your invoices, you end up carrying your customer's debt for a longer period of time. |
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| Bussière was again the leader but he had some company with Willix trying some moves from the inside but Bussière was able to hold off. |
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| Eric Gauvreau who started first was able to hold off Pierre Dagenais on the first laps of the race. |
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| Tracking back in support of his besieged full-back, Arjen Robben seemed in control as he nursed the ball towards the end-line and used his superior size to hold off Messi. |
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| I don't suppose Lancaster would take it kindly to know you and some others of your ilk didn't exactly hold off that mob from the Savoy, now did you? |
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| Is Tim trying to hold off the emerging influence of a young leftie lion? |
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| In some ways, however, the Ukraine showdown has placed pressure the White House to hold off on further angering the Russians. |
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| He laughed at the notion of the White House calling Greenwald and imploring him to hold off on publication. |
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| In fact, the unadjusted number of permits on homes not yet started jumped in March, suggesting snow and heavy rains forced builders to hold off on some new projects. |
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| He still is not big enough to hold off bulky power forwards, but he is athletic and smart enough to guard versatile power forwards and even small forwards. |
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| Between August 8 and September 21, the Braves went 32-7 to take a grip on first place, but were still hard pressed to hold off the unyieldingly stubborn Giants. |
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| With Tiger slightly out of sorts last year, the Americans had to hold off a stiff challenge from hosts Argentina, who were represented by Eduardo Romero and Angel Cabrera. |
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| Inside the corridors of power, the question is not if we should build new ones, but how long the politicians can hold off before informing the public of an inevitable reality. |
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| State officials had asked municipalities to hold off on property seizures until the legislature considers changing the state's eminent domain laws. |
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| An unequivocal message is essential to hold off these threats. |
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| I would invite all hon. members to hold off until the questions and comments period when they will be free to ask the hon. member for Winnipeg North anything that they would want to on this. |
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| Out came the safety car but Rosberg retained his composure to hold off the challenge from Hamilton to claim his fourth win of the season. |
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| Together, those steps would be meant to hold off service cuts. |
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| He jumped and moved well but had to battle to hold off Toby Jug who challenged hard for the last two furlongs. |
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| The reduction reflects the decision to hold off the move of rare books until summer 2007 to verify the mechanical systems through four seasons, and the unsettled claims, which were not received until late in fiscal year. |
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| However, we asked you to hold off from voting on the legislative resolution to give us the opportunity, as rapporteurs, to negotiate with the Council and the Commission to sustain Parliament's position. |
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| A BIRDIE at the last hole saw Ben Crane hold off Brian Davies to win the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic by one stroke. |
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| This time the defenders were able to hold off the attack with cannon fire, but after a month of siege they ran out of ammunition. |
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| Of course, I never want to talk anyone out of selling if they're feeling comfortable in doing so, but I'm inclined to hold off taking action for now. |
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| At that point, Darwin's desire to rightfully take credit for his work superseded his desire to hold off publication until he could develop an irrefutable theory. |
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| Troup says the industry asked the large retail markets to hold off buying imported pears to make way for the larger than usual Ontario crop coming onto the fresh market. |
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| To avoid the tainting of witnesses' evidence or the premature disclosure of NIS information, for instance, it has been necessary for the Commission to hold off on interviews with witnesses until the NIS has interviewed them. |
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| If LMI forecasts a shortage of workers in the skilled trades, a company may decide to hold off or delay starting up a large construction project in order to mitigate any downturns in their production cycles. |
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| Alexander's attendants fought against the other troops but could not hold off the combined might of those seeking the Emperor's assassination. |
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| This numerical superiority enabled the British to use European strategies, and guerilla tactics could no longer hold off such numerous armies indefinitely. |
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| The financial services industry is lobbying for the CFTC to hold off implementing the new rule until Congress passes financial reform legislation that the industry is fighting. |
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| I use reduplicate to mean redouble, though both words should mean quadruple, but English is funny that way, so hold off on the hypercorrecting gotcha! |
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| In that match, behind outside hitters Courtney Alberi and Layne Castro and junior setter Taylor Kasha, the Vikings were able to hold off a pressuring Centurions team. |
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| Let's try to hold off the lawyers until we are ready for them. |
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| Hold off planting caladiums until soil temperatures have warmed evenly to about 70 degrees F., otherwise they may chill and rot without sprouting. |
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| Hold off the decision one more day so I can answer your question. |
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