Help From Outside Republicans have made strenuous efforts to hold the loyalty of party members.

Wouldn't it be hard for a government led by the African National Congress to hold the loyalty of its basic constituents when change can only come slowly?

His own greatest challenge, he said, was to hold the loyalty of his troops.

He holds the loyalty of the crew.

Indeed, he cannot soften his line because he faces severe problems with holding the loyalty of his own membership.

Boariyi could no longer refuse and still hope to hold the loyalty of the tryst.

Chávez held the loyalty of some 10% of Venezuela's military forces.

But the man who held the loyalty of the diggers was Peter Lalor, an Irish engineer.

It won't be, but if I can hold the loyalty of the herders, I can do it.

In late imperial China, the examination system was the major mechanism by which the central government captured and held the loyalty of local-level elites.