Example sentences of "have [adv] held [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The FDA Division of Epidemiology and Surveillance has consistently held over the past six years that triazolam produces many more and more severe psychiatric adverse reactions than comparable benzodiazepines .
2 At one point he even went as far as to tell a group of American diplomats that he expected the United States to take over the " primary role " which the British had hitherto held in the Middle East .
3 ‘ For the competitions a number of new challenge trophies were presented including those for the men 's scratch championships which the club had not held in the past .
4 Mutual jealousy , particularly concerning affairs they had both held in the past ( 4 years ) .
5 It was Karl Franz who led the charge of the Reiksguard at the battle of Norduin against the Bretonnians , where the Emperor 's personal valour finally broke the resistance of the Bretonnian flank guard and drove them from the narrow defile which they had defiantly held throughout the battle .
6 Listening to the gruff Stanier exhaust beat and mournful hooter whilst observing the artefacts and rolling stock reinforces the opinion I have always held on the Worth Valley Railways — a centre of excellence !
7 There are first of all those colleagues who for a very long time have consistently held to the view that Britain should not be a part of the Common Market .
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