Example sentences of "who held the " in BNC.
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1 | The hurdle of post office reform has brought down French ministers of state before now , notably Pierre Lelong , who held the posts and telecommunications portfolio in Jacques Chirac 's government but was forced to resign after a long and bitter strike in 1974 . |
2 | David Green who held the combined post of Overseas Director and Senior Administrative Officer is leaving us for other employment . |
3 | He takes over from Bill Athey , who held the job for only one year . |
4 | When the openers were parted it was Gower who held the innings together with 90 , and thanks to 51 Extras the follow-on target was passed with three wickets in hand , and the total made 310 . |
5 | Bishop and priests left , and Clonmacnoise became a ruin , used only as a burial ground for those who held the site forever sacred . |
6 | The writer , Marianne Farningham , wrote of the preaching of her pastor at College Street Baptist Chapel in Northampton in equally rapturous terms : ‘ Not a sound was heard but the musical voice of the speaker , who held the great crowd in rapt and absolute attention . |
7 | Sir Basil Brooke of Madeley , an ironmaster , and George Mynne , a London merchant , who held the monopoly of the sale of wood to make iron , were sentenced to pay £59,039. |
8 | Launcelot Hogben ( Mathematics for the Millions ) , who held the chair , and J. B. S. Haldane , the biologist , linked eugenics with enthusiasm for Marxism and Soviet Communism . |
9 | Hogarth House became occupied , subsequently , by the Rev. H. F. Carey , who held the curacy of Chiswick at that time , and who translated Dante there . |
10 | Lady Makins became Secretary , followed by Mrs. E.J. Fryer in 1910 , who held the post for over 10 years . |
11 | Herodotus , the Greek , claimed that the Etruscans who held the centre of Italy had migrated from the Middle East , while another Greek , Dionysius of Halicarnassus , argued for a lineage that was home-spun , the Etruscan having evolved from tribes that were contemporaries of the Golasecca people . |
12 | Up at the bar he saw Everett Maltby and , beyond him , Tibbet the Highwayman and beyond him Cicely de Vaulles , who held the fief of the manor house , 250 yards from where he and Donald were drinking . |
13 | But it was Arsenal , where Chapman had spent his longest period as manager , who held the limelight in the last years of peace . |
14 | The leading conductor , when I came to CBR , was Percy Harvey , who held the baton on such shows as ‘ By the Sea ’ and ‘ Music From the Pacific ’ , while an Hungarian violinist from Budapest , Jean deRimanoczy , conducted a string orchestra in ‘ Music for Today ’ . |
15 | Who held the bottle , I have no idea , but my inside worked and I did n't need a catheter . |
16 | Lord John Russell was Foreign Secretary for a few weeks only in Aberdeen 's Coalition Government , when on 21st February , 1853 , he was replaced by George Villiers , fourth Earl of Clarendon ( 1800–70 ) who held the post until February 1858 , in both Aberdeen 's and Palmerston 's Governments . |
17 | ( Except for one Harvard undergraduate who held the world record , and seemed able to go on springing forever . ) |
18 | Gale underrates what Charles did scientifically ; he also underrates the opposition — he gives no references , for example , to who held the theory of multiple creation , nor to why . |
19 | Archibald William Montgomerie , the young man who held the Tournament , was born at Palermo , Italy on 29th September , 1812 . |
20 | Hudson , who held the innings together for eight hours 40 minutes , was finally yorked off-stump by Benjamin , seventh out after facing 521 balls from which he hit 20 fours . |
21 | Nottingham 's townfolk eventually sided with Parliamentarian forces , who held the Castle until 1651 , when the order was issued for its destruction . |
22 | Van der Zyl , who had arrived from Germany with a Kindertransport in 1939 , was a rare soul , a liberal who held the respect of the orthodox community . |
23 | He was being led back by his lad who held the saddle under one arm . |
24 | The Brularts , who held the rank of Marquis of Sillery and Marquis of Puisieulx , were a winemaking family whose reputation goes back to the sixteenth century . |
25 | And when the vet came to take out Little Chef 's stitches , it was Ricky who held the wildly trembling dog in his arms . |
26 | In Scandinavian mythology , Idun was the goddess who held the magical Apples of Youth . |
27 | Of the ten or so editions bearing that date and the London imprint ‘ by the Deputies of Christopher Barker ’ ( the Queen 's printer , who held the monopoly of printing Bibles ) most were printed abroad in centres such as Amsterdam and Dort and , probably , later than 1599 . |
28 | It had long been believed that he who held the Tower , held London in the palm of his hand . |
29 | It was he who held the troops together in their communal dormitory , and it was he who led them out the next morning . |
30 | The Embassy man who held the gun did n't seem to understand , frowning as Bodie approached him , then taking a step backwards . |