takes hold

A terrible confusion takes hold of me. I feel as if a gauzy black curtain were being pulled around me.

If the perception takes hold of a clampdown on foreign coverage of the disaster and its aftermath, China could start to lose sympathy.

To help borrowers, rates used in long-term financing need to move down dramatically before further asset deflation takes hold.

She sets her briefcase down on the doorstep, and, as she turns her key in the lock, an idea takes hold.

But as the recovery takes hold Chinese manufacturers may emerge as one of the biggest winners.

Wherever and whenever personalized education takes hold, the resulting world will be very different.

Meanwhile, oil-demand growth is expected to ease in fuel-hungry China, as the economic slowdown in its Western export markets takes hold.

Liquidity and credit suddenly become scarce and a devastating, value-destroying uncertainty takes hold.

To set the vehicle in motion, the driver climbs aboard, takes hold of the steering bar and connects the engine to the bicycle.

s swiftly rooted out, it takes hold and grows, crippling and eventually even killing those who insist on clinging determinedly to it.

Forgivable during the crisis, this unbalanced budget threatens to crowd out private investment as the recovery takes hold.

If that takes hold, cutting spending and raising taxes would be a bad move.

Peter stands behind her, takes hold of her foot and presses it carefully downwards.

They signalled that China's government will act, if necessary, to shore up the economy and the banks if a sharp slowdown takes hold.

Mecca believes people should wait and see if the economic stimulus package takes hold as well as keeping an eye on the Federal Reserve rate.

The simplicity of the solution, however, is not easily achieved once deflationary momentum takes hold.

But if subscription music takes hold, there's more of an incentive to focus back on longer collections - the equivalents of CDs or Albums.

No sporting event takes hold of the world 's attention like the Olympic Games .

When a crisis seizes the market, IPOs tend to dry up as risk aversion takes hold among investors and corporate confidence dissipates.

At a high level of connectivity, and a high number of members, the dynamics of mobs takes hold.

The French may not be troubled by heavy mortgages or credit-card bills, but fears of unemployment are rising as recession takes hold.

If the perception takes hold that Beijing is dressing up protectionist sentiment in anti-trust robes, other governments will react in kind.

Facts have eloquently proved that Mao Tse - tung's thought becomes a moral atom bomb of colossal power once it takes hold of the masses.

Gravity , the force that keeps your feet on the ground, takes hold of it.

You do this all the time whenever a powerful thought takes hold of you.

China and India are big enough to drive growth from their domestic markets if protectionism takes hold.

As high inflation takes hold, the credit growth rate is finally brought below nominal GDP growth rate, which implies tightening.

But red coloration comes from a pigment called anthocyanin, which has to be made afresh as autumn takes hold.

The other hand takes hold of that card and continues to slide it off the bottom card and onto the table.

Ultimately, however, he expects a decent year for stocks as the economic recovery takes hold.

It takes hold quickly, causing bleeding lesions, blackened or wilted leaves and, ultimately, death.

Once a perception of the economy's health takes hold in an election year, it can be hard to shake.

Within species, an inverse relationship sometimes takes hold: Smaller rats live longer than big ones. Prof.

Already, Australia has started raising interest rates, and others may soon follow suit as growth takes hold in the region.

A long braid of golden hair comes down the tower. The witch takes hold of the hair, and climbs up.

As the recovery takes hold, it will make money again from its property, tourism, trade and financial industries.

She agrees that competition for places will increase as the recession takes hold.

Do you cry out in your sleep, all my failings exposed? Get a taste in my mouth as desperation takes hold.

In a marriage when such irritation takes hold, there is no hope left.

He takes hold of the axe and, in one deadly blow, cuts off the knight's head.

But once in a while temptation takes hold and you may very well be struck down, starstruck yourselves.

Run for the shower -- or the nearest creek, if you're hiking -- and wash away the resin before the allergic reaction takes hold.

Although the images in Okamoto's works are full of lines, both thick and thin, if you look at them steadily, their quietness is takes hold.

China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is the first FTA which P. R. China participates and takes hold of making decision.

The robot slowly reaches over and takes hold of the box, keeping it upright.

If this takes hold it will have a bigger impact than any of the other protection methods.

Greenery takes hold in crevasses and other spots on a denuded mountain in the Santa Lucia Range.

It will be far more difficult to make action effective if depression, both economic and social, takes hold.

And that pattern ensues. Takes hold.

Once a high land-value system takes hold, however, it is hard to go back.

Get a taste in my mouth. As desperation takes hold.

Here's how to stop a cold before it takes hold -- and feel better by tomorrow.

It keeps returning, and takes hold of us easily when we are inattentive or distracted.

Second, there is a risk that if a slowdown really takes hold, it will be hard to shake off.

If not, as globalisation takes hold the three most common words we may read may no longer be "Made in China" but "Owned by China" .

Now I hear the music close my eyes, I am rhythm In a flash it takes hold of my heart

Here, the law of large numbers takes hold;

What you do when fever takes hold

There's a taste in my mouth, as desperation takes hold

I don't know what takes hold out there in the desert cold

Some spirit in the room takes hold