Example sentences of "previously hold [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shares were previously held by the company 's founder . |
| 2 | In August 1470 he was made warden of the west march towards Scotland , an office previously held by the earl of Warwick . |
| 3 | During October Year 41 , Sour Ltd was notified that , due to the death of Crowt Ltd 's managing director , who held 30% of the Ordinary Shares , the remaining directors were considering liquidating Crowt Ltd unless a buyer could be found for the shares previously held by the managing director . |
| 4 | A by-election at La Caverne-Phoenix on June 11 , 1989 , was won by an MSM-MLP-backed candidate , who took the seat previously held by the opposition Mouvement militant mauricien ( MMM ) . |
| 5 | Having removed in July all but one of the former communist ministers ( the survivor being Marcin Swiecicki of the Socialist Democracy of the Republic of Poland — SDRP ) , the latest appointments further altered the coalition 's balance by giving the vacant Agriculture portfolio , previously held by the Polish Peasants ' Party ( PSL ) , to Janusz Bylinski of Rural Solidarity . |
| 6 | Raymond Damas Ngollo became Defence Minister ( a portfolio previously held by the President ) , and was succeeded as Minister of State for Forestry by Paul Ngatse . |
| 7 | Initiated by France and the United Kingdom , the summit had reportedly been convened to grant de facto recognition to the permanent membership of Russia which , on Dec. 24 , had informed the UN of its intention to assume membership of all UN organs previously held by the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | The Miyazawa government received another boost late in the month when the LDP won two lower house seats in the rural Gunma prefecture on March 29 , including one previously held by the SDPJ . |
| 9 | In August 1470 he was made warden of the west march towards Scotland , an office previously held by the earl of Warwick . |