Sentence examples for and it has held from inspiring English sources

Public demand brought the event back the next year, and it has held its place in the Westchester cultural firmament ever since.

Mr. Vedder's band, Pearl Jam, is the lone survivor among Seattle's multimillion-selling grunge bands of the early 1990's, and it has held onto its audience in the most old-fashioned way, through constant touring.

Similarly, Lidl sales have grown by nearly 20% and it has held on to its record share of 3.6%.

Le Bernardin was one of only four restaurants in New York (along with Jean Georges, Thomas Keller's Per Se, and the now defunct Alain Ducasse at the Essex House) that earned three stars in the début issue of the Michelin guide, and it has held on to its three stars ever since.

And it has held talks about shedding its 35 percent stake in Japan's Softbank.

By 1976 the ratio of average income in richest and poorest states had declined to 1.7 (excluding the anomaly of Alaska, with its huge resources and tiny population in its early years of statehood), and it has held fairly steady since then.

And, since 2011, it has held a majority.

And, since 2011, it has held power alone.

The pair's connection is complex and frayed, yet it has held across the years.

"I would say yes," insists Norris, and he believes it has held the artform back.

Thailand has extremely severe lèse-majesté laws (against which The Economist has editorialised and about which it has held an online debate).