Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] have hold the " in BNC.
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1 | Delegates from Austria , Belgium , France , Great Britain , Ireland , Holland , Germany , South Africa , Switzerland , the US and Italy will take part and as new president will be voted in this year to succeed Andrew Hill who has held the post for twenty years . |
2 | Standing beside the rails at the junction at Pot'ma she had held the baby of an exhausted mother , and she had smiled at him . |
3 | A constitutional amendment was approved abolishing the State Council and providing for the election of a State President ; on an interim basis , Bergmann-Pohl assumed the post of acting head of state on April 9 ( replacing Manfred Gerlach who had held the post since December 1989 — see p. 37108 ) . |
4 | Gen. Rafael Antonio Villamariona was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force in place of Gen. Juan Rafael Bustillo who had held the post for a decade according to the Latin American Weekly Report of Feb. 1 , 1990 . |
5 | She replaced Günther Maleuda who had held the post since November 1989 [ see p. 37025 ] . |
6 | Wasteland , half-hidden behind hoardings , came into view and Tony soon arrived at the site which had held the theatre . |
7 | The painting shows a Welsh salmon more than four pounds heavier than the Scottish fish which has held the British record for seventy years . |
8 | He takes over from Jenny Goddard who has held the post since 1989 , and who leaves to set up a new careers service at the College of Law . |
9 | JOHN Ockenden , chairman of Data Logic , has been appointed chairman of the National Computing Centre , succeeding Dr John Ashworth of the London School of Economics who has held the post since June 1983 . |
10 | Out of the same pocket which had held the glasses he produced a small blue and gold box . |
11 | Lt.-Gen. ( retd ) R. S. Dyal , hitherto Lt.-Governor of Pondicherry , was appointed Lt.-Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Jan. 31 , 1990 , replacing Romesh Bhandari who had held the post since December 1989 . |
12 | Before supper she 'd held the bowl while Antoinette threw up . |
13 | They appointed Simpkin arbitrarily , ignoring the incumbent , English school teacher Jim Rowark , a man who had held the hot spot for five seasons . |
14 | His Democratic opponent in the election in October would be Bennet Johnston who had held the seat for 18 years . |
15 | Elected by the FEE General Assembly last December , he took over from Edouard Salustro of France who had held the position for two years . |
16 | ‘ He came of a crusading line which has held the manor of Templecombe since time immemorial ? ’ |
17 | The French 95th Regiment which had held the village on the disastrous day of February 25th was withdrawn , decimated , from the battle . |
18 | On the other hand it has to hold the interest of a class for at least one viewing . |
19 | Simon Achidi Achu , a veteran Anglophone politician from the north-west of the country who had held the Justice portfolio under President Ahmadou Ahidjo in 1972-75 was named as Prime Minister . |
20 | He replaces Dominic Gattuso who has held the post temporarily and returns to the database company 's Emeryville , California-based headquarters as vice president of worldwide business operations . |
21 | Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama called for a tougher line , including an arms embargo , against the junta which has held the democracy campaigner under house arrest since July 1989 . |
22 | It 's the first time we 've held the event because we wanted something special for the Centenery . |
23 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |