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 .
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