Example sentences of "hold one [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attractive young woman who now holds one of the top six positions in an American corporation began as assistant to the chairman and was subjected to many innuendoes about their relationship . |
| 2 | Harry Symmonds gave evidence that the carpet bag holding one of the tiny bodies found in Clapper 's Pool was the one he had brought to Mrs Dyer 's house . |
| 3 | have been granted complete exemption by holding one of the following qualifications : |
| 4 | As the Autumn fox hunting season gets underway , animal rights protestors have been holding one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the region . |
| 5 | SCOTBIS can now claim , with some authority , to hold one of the largest collections of business information in the UK . |
| 6 | The Peregrine Falcon has not bred since 1957 , although the chalk cliffs once held one of the highest densities of breeding pairs in Britain . |
| 7 | although he never held one of the highest posts , being scribe of recruits and overseer of building words , his achievements were greatly appreciated and handsomely rewarded by the king . |
| 8 | She held one of the first Beit research fellowships ( 1910–14 ) , and worked at the Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine with ( Sir ) Arthur Harden [ q.v . ] . |