Example sentences of "[noun] hold office [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , Amiel de Baux held office under the French crown , and was serving in the royal army when it entered Aquitaine in 1371 . |
| 2 | My predecessor , who played the double-bass , had been appointed in 1935 , and I was only the third headmaster to hold office since the death of Queen Victoria . |
| 3 | They too are appointed by the Crown to hold office in the department , they have the same advice and assistance from departmental officials as the Secretary of State would have , and they too are answerable to Parliament . |
| 4 | To re-appoint Price Waterhouse as Auditors of the Company to hold office until the next general meeting at which Accounts are laid before the Company and to authorise the Directors to fix their remuneration . |
| 5 | The Company is required to appoint auditors at each general meeting at which accounts are laid before the Company to hold office until the next such meeting . |
| 6 | To reappoint Ernst & Young auditors of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company before which accounts are laid . |
| 7 | But the Forest wardens in many cases held office during the king 's pleasure and for relatively short periods : many were important and busy persons who performed many of their Forest duties by deputies . |
| 8 | The judges extrapolated it from the fact that constables hold office under the Crown and are sworn to keep the peace . |