Example sentences of "[noun prp] have hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Vatican has held the secret to this very day . |
| 2 | Fr Lyons has held the position for ten years . |
| 3 | Since 1979 Saddam Hussein has held the posts of President , Prime Minister , RCC chair and secretary-general of the Ba'ath regional command . |
| 4 | Archminster had held the account for 18 months |
| 5 | Lewis has held the world light heavyweight title for the last four years and was conceding five stone to an opponent rated highly by the Americans . |
| 6 | A decade ago , NEC Corp surged past Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to become the world 's largest chipmaker , and Japan has held the title ever since — until 1991 , when according to Dataquest , Intel Corp grew 26% to win it back for the US . |
| 7 | Lt.-Gen Rahman had held the post since August 1986 when he had been appointed in place of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad [ see p. 34812 ] . |
| 8 | Bill had held the position for two years and saw the team achieve two of their best-ever results , sevenths in the last two World Championships . |
| 9 | Elected unopposed this year , Stanley has held the office previously ( 1987–89 ) . |
| 10 | Kaysone had held the post of Premier since the foundation of the LPDR in 1975 . |
| 11 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 12 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 13 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 14 | Killeavey player Mark had held the dangerous Gallagher in check up until then and now hopes to impose an even greater stranglehold on the stocky corner forward in the replay . |
| 15 | Yilmaz had held the post of Foreign Minister since December 1987 [ see p. 35910 ] , having held various other Cabinet posts since the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) came to office in December 1983 . |
| 16 | Giving graphic details of the 11-hour stand-off , Capt Goebel said Demeke had held the gun to his head or that of his co-pilot for most of the flight , but they had been able to build a rapport with him . |
| 17 | Traditionally , architects of educational reform in England and Wales have held the view that , as the 1943 White Paper Educational Reconstruction put it , ‘ Legislation can do little more than prepare the way for reform ’ . |