Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] hold [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An investor who needs to hold a particular asset in his portfolio for trading purposes may wish to exchange some of its expected return for a reduced variance in its return . |
| 2 | No advance booking is necessary — just turn up with your licence , a passenger over 21 years of age who has held a full driving licence for at least 3 years and the fee of only £2 ( motorcycles £1 ) per hour . |
| 3 | Alfie Collis , who has held the full-time post for 14 years , is retiring in September . |
| 4 | Uncertainty over the future of Mr Peterken , who has held the senior post since 1986 , comes at a time when the board , the largest in Scotland , is facing major changes . |
| 5 | By the twelfth century , especially in England , juries could be used to provide information , to answer such questions as : who were the notorious criminals of the neighbourhood ? — or , who had held a particular plot of land in the recent past ? |
| 6 | They appointed Simpkin arbitrarily , ignoring the incumbent , English school teacher Jim Rowark , a man who had held the hot spot for five seasons . |
| 7 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 8 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |