Example sentences of "[noun prp] have hold [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Vatican has held the secret to this very day . |
| 2 | Mr Stewart has held a number of senior ICI posts on Teesside , the most recent as general manager of Phillips-Imperial Petroleum . |
| 3 | Prior to his visit to the Middle East , Mitterrand had held a round of talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris , and Mubarak had also held talks with visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on Nov. 15 . |
| 4 | Fr Lyons has held the position for ten years . |
| 5 | He chose Wordsworth 's father , John , probably because Richard Wordsworth had held a similar position a generation before . |
| 6 | On Nov. 22 more than 150,000 people in Lomé had held a mass rally in support of the strike . |
| 7 | Since 1979 Saddam Hussein has held the posts of President , Prime Minister , RCC chair and secretary-general of the Ba'ath regional command . |
| 8 | According to reports , US Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady had held a stormy meeting with bankers on Sept. 22 . |
| 9 | Archminster had held the account for 18 months |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ] . |
| 13 | The Foreign Ministers of Iran and Iraq had held a meeting on July 3 in Geneva , mediated by the UN Secretary General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | RBM has held a prospecting licence in the area since the 1960s , and in 1989 applied to start mining the St Lucia dunes , inspired by a booming market for titanium . |
| 16 | Elected unopposed this year , Stanley has held the office previously ( 1987–89 ) . |
| 17 | Kaysone had held the post of Premier since the foundation of the LPDR in 1975 . |
| 18 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 19 | It was reported on May 5 , 1990 , that the PSL had held a reunification congress . |
| 20 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 21 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 22 | Crown counsel said police received a complaint from a man on January 12 , 1992 , saying John Murray had held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him . |
| 23 | As General Secretary , Than Tun had held an important policy-making role . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam has held a " clean and green " week to highlight its worsening pollution problems . |
| 26 | During that time BP has held a small interest in offshore block 8 and has been designated operator for onshore Cabinda Central block , where operations have been suspended for security reasons . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |