Example sentences of "[noun] have held [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 These were the highest offices Arabs had held in the Israeli government since 1973 , when Abdel-Aziz Zoabi had been Deputy Minister of Health .
2 In England and Wales the relationship has held throughout the 20th century , and has been particularly strong in the last twenty years … .
3 TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation .
4 In his second capacity , as heir of Warwick 's public role , Gloucester took over the major royal offices which the earl had held in the north .
5 In his second capacity , as heir of Warwick 's public role , Gloucester took over the major royal offices which the earl had held in the north .
6 The post of Vice-President , which Cotti had held for the past year , was taken by René Felber ( Social Democratic Party — SPS ) , Minister for Political ( Foreign ) Affairs .
7 All day long the murky weather had held over the River Thames and as night closed in the February fog swirled out into the narrow cobbled lanes and backstreets of Bermondsey .
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