Example sentences of "that it was hold " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 19 , 1989 , the government confirmed that it was holding Gen. François Bozize and 11 other opposition figures who had fled to Benin after an abortive coup attempt in 1982 . |
| 2 | On Sept. 12 the Revolutionary Justice Organization ( RJO ) in Beirut made its first formal announcement that it was holding British hostage Jackie Mann , kidnapped in Beirut in May 1989 [ see p. 36671 ] , while Islamic Jihad issued a statement welcoming the releases and accompanied by a photograph of United States hostage , Terry Anderson . |
| 3 | The Japanese government , which also strongly supported a return to commercial whaling , announced that it was holding talks with Russia and South Korea with a view to setting up a similar organization for " rational exploitation " of marine mammals in the north Pacific . |
| 4 | On Jan. 31 , 1990 , Thatcher admitted that she had been misled about the extent of the subversion campaign , while on Feb. 7 the House of Commons select committee on defence announced that it was to hold an inquiry into the MOD 's handling of the affair . |
| 5 | The Lancashire cotton industry grew so spectacularly after 1770 that by 1803 cotton had replaced wool as Britain 's leading export , a pre-eminent position that it was to hold until 1938 . |
| 6 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 7 | only gives brief details of the Queen 's meeting with Diana but TODAY has learned that it was held in the Queen 's sitting room at Windsor Castle . |
| 8 | I did the same with another strip around the right ankle and over the foot , so that it was held between the sole of the foot and the wooden backing of the old door . |
| 9 | There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins . |
| 10 | The Commission observed that it was held in the order of 10 October 1989 in Commission of the European Communities v. United Kingdom ( Case 246/89 R ) [ 1989 ] E.C.R. 3125 that it had made out a prima facie case for its view on the nationality requirements . |
| 11 | It was only in the more enlightened judgments that it was held that resistance was unnecessary where the complainant was overcome by fear . |