Example sentences of "have hold for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | TRADE : The gradual improvement in trade has held for the first four months of 1993 according to the Builders Merchants Federation . |
2 | Not only is the seat he has held for the past 15 years , in the Yvelines to the west of Paris , now under serious threat , but so too is the whole political future and his dream of a new social democratic movement . |
3 | It turns out that the Heston Club team has lost a title that it had held for the past few years . |
4 | The post of Vice-President , which Cotti had held for the past year , was taken by René Felber ( Social Democratic Party — SPS ) , Minister for Political ( Foreign ) Affairs . |
5 | William was employed in the Maintenance Department on General Service Duties , a position he had held for the past two years . |