Example sentences of "have [adv] held the " in BNC.

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1 Balding has long held the opinion that Jimmy Frost should ride Cool Ground , but after the West Country rider was beaten on the gelding at Newcastle earlier in the season , Bolton plumped for Maguire .
2 He has not held the post very long but he has worked hard and the arts world has appreciated that .
3 Before she can eat , Snow White assumes the authorial voice , insisting that the other characters are her inventions , and that it is she who has always held the real power .
4 He has also held the position of factory manager .
5 SAVE has consistently held the view that the buildings on the site should be refurbished to provide shops and offices of a superior quality .
6 Initiatives such as Sematech helped US industry to catch up , but Grove sees this as having only held the advance of Japanese manufacturers .
7 Unlike his predecessors , Norvm had managerial experience , having formerly held the reins at Railway Sidings Malmo .
8 Who is the only prime minister since World War II to have previously held the three major offices of chancellor , home secretary and foreign secretary ?
9 Ibrahima Fall , Minister for Foreign Affairs since October 1984 , was replaced by Seydina Oumar Sy , who had hitherto held the Commerce portfolio .
10 Shagalyn Jadambaa ( Defence ) , and Tserenpilyn Gombosuren ( Foreign Relations ) had all held the same or similar posts in the outgoing Cabinet ; Dalrain Davaasambuu ( Finance ) , Namsraijavyn Luvsabjav ( Justice ) and Tsevenjavyn Oold ( Food and Agriculture ) were among new appointments .
11 Er where they 've just held the erm Superbowl .
12 Until then I had always held the view that police officers do not fabricate evidence against men they know to be innocent , but rather against those whom they genuinely , if mistakenly , believe to be guilty .
13 His contempt for her had been occasioned , as Ellie understood it , by her father 's disdain for Madame 's previous occupation as an actress , since , as he said , he had always held the theatre to be nothing but a den of iniquity .
14 There were a number of clues available to Robson : if West had still held the guarded queen of clubs he would almost certainly have kept and exited with his last spade ; if he had held both the king and queen of clubs he would have been equally likely to win the first club with the queen ; and , from what had happened so far , it looked as though West had started with more clubs than his partner .
15 Where were the classic murders that had once held the attention of the world ?
16 That coat-hanger had once held the spare jacket — but where was it now ?
17 Jorge Rodríguez was appointed as Education Minister in place of Antonio Francisco Salonia ( who had also held the Justice portfolio until January 1991 — see p. 37959 ) , and Enrique Rodríguez took over from Rodolfo Díaz as Social Security Minister .
18 He was previously divisional manager ( president ) Foods Division , USA of Procter & Gamble , and from 1988 had also held the position of vice president and officer of Procter & Gamble Inc .
19 Siward had merely killed his wife 's uncle , as Carl Thorbrandsson had already killed his wife 's father , and had joined thereby the bloody brethren of kinsmen whose lethal manoeuvrings had kept him busy for the twelve years he had now held the earldom .
20 In earlier times , the family had often held the key to power and women had more opportunity to influence affairs : thus , in feudal times , the Lady of the Manor supervised a large household , exercised great practical authority over both men and women , and stood in for her husband in his frequent absences from home .
21 He had even held the receiver out in Folly 's direction , but she 'd blushed crimson with embarrassment and pushed it away .
22 He had twice held the Foreign Affairs portfolio since 1979 , and was generally considered loyal to Moi .
23 He had earlier held the blade to the throat of shopkeeper 's nephew Gursawak Singh , 19 , and snarled : ‘ Tell the police I have got a hostage . ’
24 First , there was a powerful and widespread revolt against the rather cold and abstract notion of reason which had earlier held the field , and a fresh interest in the whole range of human experience , including feeling and emotion .
25 He held the office until Safar 924/February 1518 when he was succeeded by two Damascene scholars in turn , who between them held the post until 927/1521 ; then by two Ottomans , in turn , until 930/1524 ; and then again by one of the Damascenes who had earlier held the post , this time holding it from 930/1524 to 936/1530 when he was removed , apparently for misconduct .
26 In 1483 John Howard duke of Norfolk made William Boleyn his deputy as admiral for the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk , and it is possible that Boleyn had initially held the post as Gloucester 's deputy .
27 In 1483 John Howard duke of Norfolk made William Boleyn his deputy as admiral for the coasts of Norfolk and Suffolk , and it is possible that Boleyn had initially held the post as Gloucester 's deputy .
28 The kadis of Mecca from , for example , 953/1546–7 to 971/1564 can be traced in Ata'i : all are Ottoman scholars who had previously held the kadilik of Damascus , Aleppo or Baghdad , the holder in 963/1556 being Molla Amir Hasan b .
29 It won some 70 per cent of the vote , compared with 20 per cent for the Liberal Party ( which had previously held the seat ) and only 5 per cent for the ruling Progressive Conservative Party ( PCP ) .
30 Solh , a Sunni Moslem , had previously held the post of Prime Minister in 1974-75 .
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