Example sentences of "[Wh pn] hold [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though they 've shown promising form in recent weeks , this emphatic win was only the second in 16 games for Mick Holgate 's men , who hold their middle of the table spot with rather more comfort after their best win of the season . |
| 2 | In the Vindiciae the reply is that " when we speak of all the people , we understand by that , only those who hold their authority from the people , to wit , the magistrates … whom the people have substituted , or established … to represent the whole body of the people . |
| 3 | Many of the sheriffships were also heritable offices , which again conferred powers of private patronage upon their holders where this had not been specifically reserved to the Crown , and a great magnate who had inherited a small empire of such judicial rights had considerable powers of influence in his region , both from the offices themselves and the opportunities which they gave to oblige friends , and from the powers of the courts , for regalian jurisdiction was extended over the possessions of landowners who held their estates as the vassals of the magnate . |
| 4 | The people who held their land from the lord of the manor ( the tenants ) were , in the main , peasant farmers producing enough food to sustain their family and to provide a produce rent for their land . |
| 5 | But authority was vested in the nobility , who held their power from the emperor . |