Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] hold [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have held posts in the north of England , East Anglia , and the west of Scotland and have gained a strong clinical impression of wide regional variations in many conditions of the respiratory tract . |
| 2 | This shift went well beyond the general decline of the traditional working class in the electorate ( discussed below ) and reflected the increasing selection of ‘ more educated candidates ’ with ‘ administrative aptitudes ’ under the conditions of electoral competition , and within the dominant technocratic conception of politics , which had held sway since the rise of ‘ Butskellism ’ in the mid '50s . |
| 3 | Carlos Manuel Castillo , 61 , an economist representing the social democratic National Liberation Party ( PLN ) which had held power for the past eight years , came second with 47.3 per cent . |
| 4 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 5 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 6 | Exempted from the new regulations were people who had held citizenship of the pre-1940 independent Estonia and their descendants . |
| 7 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 8 | Other servants of the prince who continued to hold office in the earldom were his steward of the household , Sir William Stanley , and Robert Roo , his gentleman of the pantry . |
| 9 | The common aim is to found a Second Republic and to reduce or eliminate the power of the political cliques who have held sway since the fall of fascism . |
| 10 | You have been Disney Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge for eleven years and since the mid-Sixties you have held posts at the Universities of Sheffield and Southampton . |
| 11 | We started holding openings on the weekends . |
| 12 | We do hold plans of the protected areas of the coastline , both SSSI 's and second tier sites . |
| 13 | Some of the practices of the colonial state were re-introduced , including corporal punishment , and some of those elected to village councils were rejected on the grounds that they had held positions under the previous regime . |
| 14 | They have held meetings during the past week with potential recruits , although who will take over the chair is not clear . |
| 15 | Formerly with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office , he has held posts at the British Embassy in Madrid and the Western European department , Whitehall . |
| 16 | It looked so simple , so pure , yet it had held terrors for the Ralembergs and would be the beginning of fresh horrors for me . |
| 17 | He had held sway at the College for 45 years , for 40 of which he had been assisted by his faithful subordinate William Sewell who now , at the age of 58 , was to succeed his master as Professor . |
| 18 | The next day , US State Department representative Margaret Tutwiler hinted to reporters that Baker was considering transferring his attention from the Middle East to areas of the world " where the circumstances are producing change " , although he continued to hold meetings on the Middle East during January . |