Sentence examples for held won from inspiring English sources

His legal talents and the respect in which he was held won him a number of key ministerial portfolios, including mines and energy affairs (1979 82), internal affairs (1982 85), and national education and planning (1984 89).

Boston Scientific marketed Medinol's Nir brand stents after the Israeli company, which is closely held, won approval to sell them in Europe in 1996 and the United States in 1998.

A design competition was held, won by the architects de Rijke Marsh Morgan, who chose not to reinstate what Alex de Rijke calls the "shanty town of commercialism" – the candyfloss stalls and games arcades – that used to crowd it.

A town planning competition was held, won by A & J Soutar from Wandsworth, who sought to create a symmetrical design spreading across Ruislip parish.

A town planning competition was held, won by A & J Soutar, town planners from Wandsworth, who sought to create a symmetrical design spreading across Ruislip parish.

Some tradition-minded fans still hold wins in the highest regard while proponents of newer statistics are ready to eliminate them from their evaluations.

With five teams holding winning records and three more not far from.500, the N.L. has more wild-card candidates than the American League.

Just 24-years-old, Gastelum was an Ultimate Fighter winner and holds wins over the likes of Jake Ellenberger, Uriah Hall and Nate Marquardt.

Only the likes of Dan Henderson, Rashad Evans, Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva hold wins over him, and three of those decision verdicts weren't exactly beyond dispute.

Open Command Prompt by either: Hold WIN (windows key)+R then type "cmd" (without quotes) and click OK.

Mr. Lopes told no one on the crew that any of the tickets he held had won.