Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] hold [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act 1991 ( enacted on June 27 , 1991 ) re-enacted the above and , in addition , provided for an extension of the power of seizure in relation to terrorist offences currently held by the police to the armed forces , and created a new offence of bypassing closed border crossing points . |
| 5 | The highlight of the Junior School charities programme is the Summer Charities Fair held on the lawns in June . |
| 6 | Secondly , there was throughout the nineteenth century a gradual assumption by the state of many of the responsibilities formerly held by the Church , particularly in regard to marriage — Lord Hardwicke 's Marriage Act in 1753 , the 1836 Act which introduced civil marriage , the reorganisation of divorce and separation procedures in 1856 and 1878 , with further Acts in 1884 , 1886 , 1895 . |
| 7 | This issue had proved a major stumbling block in recent talks , as equal representation in the upper chamber for every province — the implacable demand of several of the less populous provinces — would mean a reduction in the share of the seats currently held by the country 's heavily populated provinces , particularly Ontario and Quebec . |
| 8 | According to figures released by Durham constabulary there are 15,931 firearms legally held in the county , 11,098 are shotguns . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A north Oxfordshire G P , who was on Edward 's Heath recent mercy mission to Iraq , says he 's concerned for the health of hostages still held in the Gulf as the tension in the region begins to mount . |
| 11 | Saga has about 1,500 shareholders , with institutions accounts for around half the shares not held by the family and the remainder held by private investors . |
| 12 | the shares , together with any shares already held by the person acquiring them carry not less than 75% of the votes ; and |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | The shares concerned must consist of or include shares carrying 75 per cent or more of the voting rights attributable to share capital which are exercisable in all circumstances at any general meeting of the company or , when added to the shares already held by the offeror , carry not less than 75 per cent . |