Sentence examples for capital holding from inspiring English sources

Some 125 years later the threat came from Western crusaders, who in 1204 descended upon and seized the imperial capital, holding it until 1261.

For a long period after World War II, Florence was Italy's fashion capital, holding an annual show at the Pitti Palace.

The Social Democrat party have previously been unchallenged in the capital, holding the mayorship since World War Two; Mr Häupl has been mayor since 1994.

MirCorp, chartered in Bermuda and based in Amsterdam, received initial financing of about $20 million from Gold & Appel Transfer S.A., a Caribbean-based venture capital holding company.

"That was a huge blast, huge," a rattled but unbowed Nic Robertson exclaimed in the Iraqi capital, holding out his phone so CNN viewers could hear the booming explosions around him.

In a scene that would not be credible in a novel, Hanagarne punched himself in the face while walking down a street in the nation's capital, holding a copy of the Book of Mormon in his other hand.

Under capitalism, "the dull compulsion of economic relations" is the essential disciplinary weapon that capital holds over labour.

Private equity and venture capital held up a little better, but not much.

The proposed rules would raise a crucial requirement for capital held by the largest banks.

Romney's record at Bain Capital holds obvious interest for his political opponents.

Low-carbon infrastructure projects are generally unable to access capital held by institutional investors.