Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [noun] hold the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carl Maria von Weber held the post of opera director here in 1813–16 . |
| 2 | The Denver Art Museum holds the largest , most comprehensive art collection between Kansas City and Los Angeles . |
| 3 | His most recent biographer has observed that ‘ because Aymer de Valence held the English earldom of Pembroke and spent his entire career in English service it is easy to forget that in origin he was almost entirely French and that he retained very close links with France throughout his life ’ . |
| 4 | Since royalties are usually subject to withholding taxes , and payments to related parties in tax havens are generally suspect , the normal structure for most of the 1980s was to use a Dutch company which would hold a head licence from a Netherlands Antilles company holding the intangible , and which would then sublicense the operating companies . |
| 5 | President Theodore Roosevelt holds the record for the number of hands shaken at an official function ? |
| 6 | In the deterrent must be included an effective early warning system and the ability of the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to hold the line by land , sea and air until the nuclear counter-offensive has broken the back of the enemy assault . |
| 7 | The home record storage area holds the address of the first synonym . |
| 8 | En route to Vancouver to start a series of Alaska cruises , Crown Princess became the third Princess Cruises ship to hold the record , paying USS 141,344.97 . |
| 9 | Last night we carried a report on fox hunting which may have given the impression that Mr Paul Davis held the view that the death of a hound was an acceptable price to pay in the campaign against hunting . |
| 10 | In the last election , Mr Michael Foot held the seat , one of Labour 's safest , with a majority of 27,861 . |
| 11 | Kind Mrs Chalmers holds the prayer book high , as if for Frank — who ca n't read — to see it . |
| 12 | A metal L-shaped guide holds the work underneath a very thin saw blade , held between metal uprights . |
| 13 | It was in honour of that adventure which left him facing a crown court appearance on Monday that Whitby Folk Club held the shanty event last week . |
| 14 | But Trawsfynydd was more seriously affected by radiation , which gradually makes welds brittle in the steel pressure vessel holding the reactor 's heart . |
| 15 | Captain Graham Gooch holds the silverware as England take the bank of New Zealand series by two Tests to nil , with one drawn |
| 16 | Cutting angle adjustment is very easy on the SA55 E. Plastic indentations hold the plate at 45° either way , if needed |
| 17 | The raising of Fr6.18bn ( £607m ) to fund the theme park project , giving investors 51 per cent of Eurodisney with the US Disney group holding the rest , is geared towards Continental investors . |
| 18 | This reduces the run-off of sediments when combined with wise use of sedimentation ponds , berms and shore line vegetation to hold the soil together . |
| 19 | This system will not have the on- line storage capacity to hold the complete OED at one time . |
| 20 | Each autumn Rutland Water holds the biggest concentration of gad walls in Britain , over 30 per cent of the total population . |
| 21 | And as late as 1906 a Stanley steam car held the world speed record of 204 km/h . |
| 22 | Ian St. John holds the wor holds the Scottish record for the fastest hat-trick |
| 23 | The Glenpatrick Golf Club holds the main golfing event of the year , or one that generates the most obvious competition , and that is the ‘ Buchanan Trophy ’ , the inter-company match . |
| 24 | Since it is the dinner party hosts holding the event , the whole £100 a head goes to the charity . |