Example sentences of "[noun] have hold the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Vatican has held the secret to this very day . |
| 2 | Fr Lyons has held the position for ten years . |
| 3 | Giving graphic details of the 11-hour stand-off , Capt Goebel said the hijacker had held the gun to his head or that of his co-pilot for most of the flight . |
| 4 | But even when the teacher had to hold the learner 's hand on the electric shock plate , 30 per cent of the volunteers were prepared to do this . |
| 5 | People like daddy have to hold the ring , they 're a sort of bedrock , to make sure there 's always some civilisation to fall back on . |
| 6 | President : Gen. ( retd ) Suharto has held the post since 1968 . |
| 7 | ( A friend had held the camera for that bit . ) |
| 8 | While state-owned and foreign businesses have held the centre of the stage for three decades , tens of thousands of informal sector artisans have been producing a range of goods for use in households , agriculture , transport and construction . |
| 9 | The hotel had not participated in any formal training scheme , nor accepted industrial release students , nor recruited graduates : the previous General Manager having held the view that the only worthwhile training was a lengthy apprenticeship within the industry . |
| 10 | Archminster had held the account for 18 months |
| 11 | Lewis has held the world light heavyweight title for the last four years and was conceding five stone to an opponent rated highly by the Americans . |
| 12 | A decade ago , NEC Corp surged past Motorola Inc and Texas Instruments Inc to become the world 's largest chipmaker , and Japan has held the title ever since — until 1991 , when according to Dataquest , Intel Corp grew 26% to win it back for the US . |
| 13 | The man had held the gun out in front of his chest with both hands , away from his body . |
| 14 | Lt.-Gen Rahman had held the post since August 1986 when he had been appointed in place of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad [ see p. 34812 ] . |
| 15 | Bill had held the position for two years and saw the team achieve two of their best-ever results , sevenths in the last two World Championships . |
| 16 | Elected unopposed this year , Stanley has held the office previously ( 1987–89 ) . |
| 17 | He has had a very distinguished career and by dint of old-fashioned virtues and a marvellously warm personality has held the Party together on many occasions . |
| 18 | Kaysone had held the post of Premier since the foundation of the LPDR in 1975 . |
| 19 | The TV playback showed that Southall had held the ball for 13 seconds , although it did not seem as long at the time . |
| 20 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 21 | Thomas lord Stanley had held the stewardship of Halton since 1461 . |
| 22 | ‘ The man who beats the victim has to hold the Koran under his arm , ’ a senior official said . |
| 23 | Yilmaz had held the post of Foreign Minister since December 1987 [ see p. 35910 ] , having held various other Cabinet posts since the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) came to office in December 1983 . |
| 24 | Giving graphic details of the 11-hour stand-off , Capt Goebel said Demeke had held the gun to his head or that of his co-pilot for most of the flight , but they had been able to build a rapport with him . |
| 25 | The mother had to hold the child steady . |
| 26 | Traditionally , architects of educational reform in England and Wales have held the view that , as the 1943 White Paper Educational Reconstruction put it , ‘ Legislation can do little more than prepare the way for reform ’ . |
| 27 | Since 1969 the centrist Free Democrats have held the balance of power in the Bundestag . |