Example sentences of "hold a [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , again as mentioned above , a lessee sometimes holds a share in the management company responsible for the maintenance of the building and grounds , which is an advantage to him or her in giving him or her a say in these important matters . |
| 2 | This is not required if the relevant condition is that the parent undertaking holds a majority of the voting rights and holds the same proportion of shares as it holds voting rights |
| 3 | The hon. Gentleman may have noted what a Labour Member said the other day : ’ The party which holds a majority in the United Kingdom Parliament has a mandate for the whole United Kingdom . ’ |
| 4 | Most importantly , it holds a position within the world of art and art publications which is totally unique . |
| 5 | holds a position within the industry at management level and , |
| 6 | But Rainbow lives on the wrong side of the big white screen , and is a child of her time : she does n't just look before she leaps , but holds a seminar on the pros and cons . |
| 7 | Everyone near you holds a razor in the palm of his hand . |
| 8 | In a large bowl , whisk together the eggs and 100g/4oz of the sugar until it is thick and holds a trail from the beaters . |
| 9 | He holds a fist to the sky and a hawk swoops down . |
| 10 | There is no requirement that a person holds a qualification from the Institute in order to be employed as a legal executive . |
| 11 | Further copies will be held by the Guildhall Library , where the original registers are deposited and by the ESRC Data Archive at Essex University , which holds a file of the sample . |
| 12 | It holds a pool of the securities of each listed company and on dealings on The Exchange each seller transfers to SEPON , thus momentarily augmenting its pool and out of it SEPON transfers the appropriate amount of shares to each purchaser . |
| 13 | Also , as you all know , the festive season is fast approaching and in Glasgow the Committee will be helping to sell raffle tickets to raise funds for a good cause , every year we hold a raffle on the day of the Christmas lunch and we are hoping that this year we will raise a substantial amount . |
| 14 | The painting in the dome celebrates the Holy Trinity , the spandrels beneath hold a painting of the Virtues . |
| 15 | Both John Westley , who walked more than 9,000 miles around the British coast , and the Morgan 4/4 already hold a place in the Guinness Book of Records . |
| 16 | Hold a bear by the tail . |
| 17 | At this time the Common ( or official ) Seal showed Glasgow Cathedral in the background and a robed female figure holding a cornucopia in the foreground with the motto ‘ amicus certus in re incerta ’ - a quotation from the poet Ennius — was adopted . |
| 18 | The arbitrage arguments used in Chapter 4 were based on the idea that , by holding a portfolio of the shares in the index with the same weights as the index , the price of this portfolio must converge at delivery to that of the index future . |
| 19 | On the same day Donegal Vocational Educational Committee ( VEC ) discussed the issue and decided to consider holding a seminar on the issue . |
| 20 | The situation where one French machinegun section found itself holding a hole in the front two hundred yards wide with its two machine guns for several days in complete detachment from the rest of the army , was by no means unique . |
| 21 | A French lieutenant holding a bunker in the village noted that under the bombardment ‘ this vast block , 30 metres square , oscillated , at times actually rising up , like a ship ’ Yet still the suicide machine-gun nests stayed behind in the pulverised debris and mowed down the German assault waves . |
| 22 | She also featured in a carving on a ‘ bull pitcher ’ made from the horn of the bull run in 1799 , which shows her wearing a crown and holding a flag with the words , ‘ God save the king and a bull for ever ’ . |
| 23 | The West Midlands Area Tories , to which organisation Arden belonged , were holding a dance to the music of the Majorettes , but David did not fancy being enveloped in clouds of blue tulle . |
| 24 | After holding a council with the barons of Poitou , Richard and Henry marched into the county of Angoulême . |
| 25 | The photograph apparently showed three servicemen , Air Force Col. John Robertson , Maj. Albro Lynn Lundy and Lt. Larry Stevens , holding a sign with the date 25:5:90 and the cryptic message " NNTK ! |
| 26 | She and the cart were half-covered by the shadow of the buildings on her left ; but further back up the road , walking deep in the shadow , was a young woman holding a child by the hand . |
| 27 | As on Friday , no one seemed to notice me and certainly no one challenged me as I walked through to Patterson 's office whistling cheerfully ( a Tommy Smith riff which I wished I could transfer from his tenor sax to my battered trumpet ) and holding a plan of the air-conditioning system out in front of me . |
| 28 | The new government 's four priorities were ( i ) negotiating European Community ( EC ) membership ( the outgoing government having submitted an application on July 1 , 1991 — see p. 38353 ) with a view to holding a referendum on the issue by September 1994 ; ( ii ) breaking the pattern of economic stagnation and re-establishing the country 's reputation for growth and enterprise ; ( iii ) deregulating areas such as health and child care ; and ( iv ) establishing a long-term , sustainable policy on the environment . |
| 29 | Prior to its election in 1990 , however , the National Party had committed itself to holding a referendum on the issue . |
| 30 | Cumnock and Doon Valley district council was grateful to the Minister for holding a meeting with the council and with me . |