1.   He has kept his nerve under very trying circumstances.

2.   If he kept his nerve he would squeeze more money out of Bill Coleby.

3.   She knew she had to keep her nerve.

4.   This is where it can find a post-Thatcher purpose - and, if it keeps its nerve, votes as well.

5.   The Number-One had kept his nerve.

6.   But Renault kept its nerve, dismissed the scornful majority of potential customers and plunged forward.

7.   Democracies need to keep their nerve.

8.   For those who kept their nerve, the debacle proved to be a great chance to buy great stocks on the cheap.

9.   If he keeps his nerve and remains deaf to the pleas for a left turn, the same improbable coalition may very well carry him through another general election.