Example sentences of "[art] [adj] to hold the " in BNC.
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1 | To hold a number in this form , the computer word is divided into two unequal portions , the larger to hold the fraction and the smaller to hold the exponent . |
2 | To hold a number in this form , the computer word is divided into two unequal portions , the larger to hold the fraction and the smaller to hold the exponent . |
3 | Walker 's appointment as reader ( upgraded to professor in 1860 ) was significant , for he was the first to hold the post in its own right , rather than annexed to a professorship in another subject . |
4 | The first positive statement to this effect in the available sources is to be found in Mustakimzade , who not only places him first in his list but also states explicitly , on the authority of the historian " Aziz Efendi ( ? ) , that Molla Fenari was the first to hold the office of Mufti in the Ottoman state . |
5 | This fact , together with the facts mentioned above , that Fahreddin Acemi appears to have been the first to hold the office of Mufti without an accompanying kadilik and to have been the first to receive a salary specifically in respect of the Muftilik , makes it a reasonable assumption that he was the first Mufti in the sense commonly understood in later times . |
6 | The transverse flute was an instrument Jacques knew and heard performed from a young age by players such as Pierre Pièche , the first to hold the position of solo flute at the Academie Royale de Musique . |
7 | The chairman , the first to hold the post for two consecutive years , was on his way to visit 101-year-old Donella Carter when he discovered the theft . |