Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] hold for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Looking back to the latter half of our time in Scotland , I seem to have been engaged in a variety of activities : was twice part of a consortium to bid ( unsuccessfully ) for the franchise for Scottish Television ; was appointed chairman of the board of Edinburgh 's Royal Lyceum Theatre Company , a post I held for seven years ; was persuaded to stand as a candidate for Lord Rector of Edinburgh University and ( mercifully ) was defeated by its former Roman Catholic chaplain ; gave poetry recitals with Moira at Edinburgh Festivals and elsewhere ; attacked in a lecture to the Royal Society of Arts the moronic language of disc jockeys whom I referred to as ‘ the Anyway Boys ’ ( the word ‘ anyway ’ being their standard linking passage ) — but singled out for praise a comparative unknown by the name of Terry Wogan ; rejoined the Liberal Party ; took part in a shoot where in the gloaming I brought down what I thought was a woodcock but turned out to be a parrot , escaped recently from its cage a mile away ; fished for salmon in Spain where my guide was called Jesus ( and enjoyed bawling for him down the river bank ) and on the way home visited the marvellous cave paintings of Altamira and Lascaux ; proposed ite health of Prince Philip at a Variety Club luncheon and of London 's Lord Mayor at his midsummer banquet ( he was also chairman of the London Rubber Company to which I made some fruity references ) ; and for a year was resident British columnist of the American weekly magazine , Newsweek International . |
| 2 | When she retired from the RCM in 1948 she went on to run the Violet Melchet Infant Welfare Centre near Sloane Square , a job she held for the next twenty years . |
| 3 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 4 | The perceptions of their interests by the two parties may not always be entirely accurate , or they may change over time , but there can be no doubt of the importance they hold for local government structure . |
| 5 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 6 | After leaving the Conservatoire he became organist at Sainte-Trinité in Paris , a post he held for over 40 years . |
| 7 | In 1935 he became literary editor of the Listener , a post he held for twenty-four years . |
| 8 | After six months ' trial the commissioners appointed Mitchell general inspector and superintendent of the Highland roads and bridges , a post he held for almost forty years . |
| 9 | After 40 years ' service with the Wedgwood Group , Sir Arthur retired in 1986 as chairman and managing director , a post he held for nearly 20 years . |
| 10 | Stanley Woods won the Isle of Man TT ten times , a record he held for over 30 years . |
| 11 | Clearly there is no complete consensus regarding the effects of emotional arousal on memory , the reason for this is that there is no single simple relationship which holds for all types and degrees of arousal on all types of memory performance . |
| 12 | In spite of her enormous popularity and the huge attraction she held for men throughout her life she remained incredibly insecure . |
| 13 | A real threat existed , because she responded to him physically , a threat to so much that she valued as part of her individual identity , autonomy , independence , pride , all of which would be lost if ever the weakness he created in her led to her succumbing to the dark attraction he held for her . |
| 14 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |
| 15 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |
| 16 | Remember they will send the claim form to the last recorded address they hold for you , so if you have moved and not informed them do make sure they have your new address . |
| 17 | The Ottoman conquests of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries brought the Turks to the line of the Sava and the Danube , a line which held for almost five hundred years . |
| 18 | ‘ Really known , I mean … not as a daughter knows her father , however deep the affection she holds for him . |
| 19 | Margaret began working as a Beamer in the Winding Department in January 1958 , a position she held for 26 years before becoming a clerkess responsible for recording production statistics . |
| 20 | General Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France , in 1958 , a position he held for eleven years . |
| 21 | Johnny was immediately made captain , a position he held for nearly five years , and scored on his debut , but even Johnny 's seven goals from the 12 remaining games could not keep us out of the new basement division . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He became honorary lecturer in microscopy at King 's College , London , in 1909 , a position he held for sixteen years . |
| 24 | In 1889 he was elected as first county councillor for Dursley , a position he held for thirty years and which was followed by nine years as county alderman . |
| 25 | This was produced in Baskerville 's capacity as printer to Cambridge University , an office he held for ten years . |