Example sentences of "hold the [noun] for the " in BNC.

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1 Kelso also holds the record for the highest-priced winner , Equinoctial , at 250-1 in a handicap hurdle in November , 1990 .
2 George also holds the record for the number of goals scored in a single season from the flank with a fabulous 22 goals in 1927–28 .
3 The Asdex tokamak at Garching in West Germany has what is known as a ‘ poloidal divertor ’ and holds the record for the duration of a plasma in a tokamak — Asdex has sustained its plasma for 10 seconds .
4 At the other end of the scale , Dall holds the record for the most powerful single-lens microscopes .
5 President Theodore Roosevelt holds the record for the number of hands shaken at an official function ?
6 The Gaboon viper holds the record for the longest fangs — of the snake 's 3 m ( 10 ft ) length , the fangs measure almost 3 cm ( 1 in ) .
7 Derbyshire 's 22-year-old batsman Chris Adams , who now holds the record for the fastest century in the county 's history , is another with hopes of a place in the Australian sun this winter .
8 Holds the strength for the plant against the season
9 Ian Wright has become a player who holds the key for the two Grahams , George and Taylor .
10 We can expect it as a standard feature from the database , once we 've built the systems that hold the costs for the the estimated costs for value of the work .
11 A properly drafted lease will ensure that the lessor can not object to such formal assignment and will expressly provide that the named lessees hold the term for the partnership .
12 His rigorous moral choice against communism strengthened a sense of moral superiority among the Germans , who felt that they were holding the fort for the free world :
13 Records are made to be broken and Tom Walker , although holding the record for the longest serving employee within the group , may well qualify for an industry wide record if it were possible .
14 As a resident of Whaddon , and therefore presumably a member of ‘ the ex-agricultural working class ’ , I am anxious that fellow voters should not be deceived into believing that another candidate would have had a better chance of holding the seat for the Conservatives .
15 Upon a bequest to a trustee upon trust for a beneficiary who predeceases the testator , the trustee will hold the property for the benefit of the testator 's representatives .
16 Er previous to that I held the licence for The Mason 's Arms at for three years previous to that and before that I 've been connected with the catering and licence trade from being fifteen .
17 After Lyle Shelton pulled out Destefani backed off the power and held the lead for the next three laps to take the chequered flag at an average speed of 450.835mph .
18 In 1880 he was elected Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and he held the seat for the next fourteen years .
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