Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to figures released by Durham constabulary there are 15,931 firearms legally held in the county , 11,098 are shotguns . |
| 2 | Few Marxists now hold to the traditional claim that the state is nothing but the executive committee of the bourgeoisie . |
| 3 | Few elitists now hold to the notion of a single dominant elite effectively exercising or directing the exercise of all important functions , and few now use the term ‘ elite ’ as the all-embracing explanatory concept which it is for the classical theorists . |
| 4 | The duke was made justiciar of south Wales and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire , which completed his collection of the major offices formerly held by the earl of Pembroke . |
| 5 | The duke was made justiciar of south Wales and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire , which completed his collection of the major offices formerly held by the earl of Pembroke . |
| 6 | the shares , together with any shares already held by the person acquiring them carry not less than 75% of the votes ; and |
| 7 | would , together with any shares already held by the person or persons by or on whose behalf the advertisement is being issued , carry not less than that percentage of those voting rights . ’ |
| 8 | The Halifax says that about 20% of the money deposited in Tessas was new money — the remaining 80% was transferred from other accounts already held with the society . |
| 9 | The Government have declared their intention to computerise the national collection of criminal records currently held at the national identification bureau . |