Example sentences of "hold for the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Thatcher administration was still new to the power it was to hold for the rest of the decade and a reader might reasonably expect to find something seminal in the report . |
| 2 | As he explores the poetry of Byron at Salisbury he works hard at his arithmetic and English composition until he is ‘ chosen as fit to enter the Civil Service , to hold for the rest of my active life time the pen that is mightier ( when you get a good one ) than the sword ( when you get a bad one ) . ’ |
| 3 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |
| 4 | When the Gamble & Crosfields partnership was dissolved in 1845 , Shanks became a partner in the new firm , Crosfield Bros. & Co. , a position he held for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | The first of these , which formed part of Gloucester 's original endowment , was the manor of Kingston Lacy in Dorset , which he apparently held for the rest of the reign . |