Example sentences of "[noun sg] holding [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grass is not her favourite surface and there were many who thought she would have great difficulty holding off the challenges of Steffi Graf , Martina Navratilova or Gabriela Sabatini . |
| 2 | From the records of property holding in the city of London between c 1200 and 1666 , it is possible to trace a remarkable sequence of changes in the fabric of the city , the density of settlement , the property market , and the social and economic structure . |
| 3 | I think that the House needs to know whether he will abolish fund holding in the teeth of opposition from virtually every GP and from the British Medical Association . |
| 4 | In the reign of Henry VII , Sir Thomas Lovell was able to raise a military contingent in Nottinghamshire , where he held no land , on the strength of his office holding in the county . |
| 5 | In the reign of Henry VII , Sir Thomas Lovell was able to raise a military contingent in Nottinghamshire , where he held no land , on the strength of his office holding in the county . |
| 6 | The tenant entering under a void lease became by virtue of possession and the payment of a yearly rent , a yearly tenant holding on the terms of the agreement so far as those terms were consistent with the yearly tenancy . |