Example sentences of "hold [noun] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , the use of the royal prerogative as the legal backing for the management of the public service , the principle that a civil servant is a servant of the Crown and holds office at the pleasure of the Crown is one of the best known principles of constitutional law , hallowed by usage and sanctioned by the courts . |
| 2 | They also affect those — such as special-needs teachers or welfare assistants — who hold posts at the school but are not funded through the delegated school budget . |
| 3 | Thirty-one out of thirty-six City banks joined in this key venture and it was also from their group that the practice of banks holding accounts at the Bank of England and re-discounting through it developed towards the end of the century . |
| 4 | Bureaus , as Downs points out , are oligarchic in nature , with power , income and prestige reinforcing the authority of officials holding positions at the top of the hierarchy ( Downs 1967 , p. 58 ) . |
| 5 | holding mine at the edge of our lands |
| 6 | The Philippines , Chile , Uruguay and Morocco ( which had already negotiated new rescheduling agreements in 1988 — see p. 37220 ) were all holding negotiations at the end of 1990 with a view to debt reduction deals . |
| 7 | I could n't tell you what , but they collected quite a lot of money for us and er , and er , er , they were holding things there , er people were holding boxes at the bottom of the gate like and er |
| 8 | A Hawaiian at low level , holding position at the edge of the window . |
| 9 | Both factions held meetings at the end of June at which they elected new leaders : Geza Gimoti as general secretary of the Torgyan-led FKgP ( which had suspended Bela Nemeth ) and Laszlo Horvath as Chair of the breakaway FKgP Historical Section . |
| 10 | When we held activities at the school , the girls would always opt for the domestic tasks ' and it was difficult to persuade them to take on some other responsibility . |
| 11 | They say Pringle would never have harmed his former girlfriend Leanne Rees , who was held hostage at the house in Lyonette Road , Darlington . |
| 12 | He had held sway at the College for 45 years , for 40 of which he had been assisted by his faithful subordinate William Sewell who now , at the age of 58 , was to succeed his master as Professor . |