Example sentences of "held [num] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trent held eight of the fresh thousand-dollar bills folded in the back pocket of his jeans ; the original three for the charter augmented by a further five in payment for his agreeing to the rendezvous . |
| 2 | José Antonio Ardanza ( PNV ) was once again Premier ( lendakari ) ; the PNV held eight of the 13 portfolios , EA three ( Education , Economy and Planning , and the new Justice ministry ) , and EE two ( Town Planning , Housing and Environment , and Labour and Social Security ) . |
| 3 | Egypt 's multiparty electoral system is dominated by the National Democratic Party ( NDP ) , which held 346 of the 448 elected seats in the People 's Assembly after the April 1987 elections ( see pp. 35224-25 ) . |
| 4 | Fergus had brought a leather case with him ; it held three of the silver cups and a big hip flask . |
| 5 | The PCP , which had governed the province for the past 21 years , held 58 of the 83 seats in the legislature . |
| 6 | By October 1982 , P held 8,993 of the 46,000 shares of Q in issue , and was therefore treated as entitled to 8,993/46,000 of the interest in possession in the retained part by virtue of para 24(5) , Sch 5 , FA 1975 . |
| 7 | The smallest of the four coalition parties ( the others being the National Coalition Party ( KK ) , the Social Democratic Party ( SSDP ) and the Swedish People 's Party ( SFP ) ) , the SMP , which currently held nine of the 200 seats in parliament , had had only one minister in the Cabinet — Raimo Vistbacka , the Communications Minister , who was replaced by Ilkka Kanerva , who also took responsibility for transport . |
| 8 | The Peregrine Falcon has not bred since 1957 , although the chalk cliffs once held one of the highest densities of breeding pairs in Britain . |
| 9 | although he never held one of the highest posts , being scribe of recruits and overseer of building words , his achievements were greatly appreciated and handsomely rewarded by the king . |
| 10 | Look — ’ he held one of the globes out to Pascoe . |
| 11 | She held one of the first Beit research fellowships ( 1910–14 ) , and worked at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine with ( Sir ) Arthur Harden [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | During his time at Bristol he held one of the University 's Organ Scholarships based at St Paul 's Church , Clifton , and distinguished himself by winning most of the important prizes offered by the Royal College of Organists . |
| 13 | Messrs. Rawlins and Theodor held 200 of the 400 shares with their wives , and of the remaining 200 shares , 80 were allotted to Anker Simmons , and 40 each to Messrs. Franklin Simmons , Harry Dee and J. F. Cooper . |
| 14 | During Christmas 1989 — as important a time of year for reggae sales as the pop market — he held four of the top six places in the UK reggae singles chart . |
| 15 | After a politburo meeting on Aug. 2 , it was reported that 21 of its 26 members favoured abandoning the controversial proposals , preferring to see ZANU use its current huge parliamentary majority — it held 116 of the 150 seats — to push through policies to combat the country 's pressing economic problems . |