Example sentences of "held until the " in BNC.
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1 | In the following years many proposals were made for the construction of a railway between Welshpool and Llanfair Caereinion but it was not until 1898 that a company was formed to build the present line and the then Earl of Powis became its Chairman , an office which he held until the grouping in 1922 . |
2 | It was to be a devastatingly good move , taking Marshall to the front of the fleet and Eyre to 4th place , position they held until the finish , 2nd and 3rd going to Goodchild and Fenwick . |
3 | Barthelsson was over the line at the start , put in his 720° turn and still beat Österlund to the first mark , a lead which he held until the end . |
4 | He returned to public life in 1989 during the " velvet revolution " and was elected Speaker of the federal parliament in December 1989 , a post which he held until the June 1992 elections , which he contested as the leading candidate of the small Social Democratic Party in Slovakia [ see p. 38944 ] . |
5 | In May 1989 he also became Group managing director of Guinness PLC , a post he held until the end of December 1991 . |