Sentence examples for holding of two from inspiring English sources

The governor even pointed to areas where he might, uncharacteristically, tread lightly rather than face fierce resistance, like banning the holding of two or more government jobs simultaneously, a common practice among legislators.

Mr Simpson thinks the ultimate solution lies in ending the culture of corruption, which would include prohibiting patronage (something he says is on the decline anyway), nepotism and the holding of two government jobs at the same time.Corruption has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and sapped faith in government.

Other preconditions to an election, he said, were the implementation of a government stimulus package; the holding of two more scheduled East Asian summit meetings this year; and a move away from the kind of violence that has shadowed recent Thai politics.

For a number of years, Hilary continued to hold the deanship in plurality, which is the holding of two ecclesiastical benefices at once.

Between his holding of two sees and the appointment of his men to other sees in the southeast of England, Stigand was an important figure in defending the coastline against invasion.

Take hold of one leg behind your knee.

At home, you might take hold of one of your pillows while watching TV.

Take hold of one of the cuffs and fold it over the top of the other sock.

For instance, last year Yeltsin's son-in-law Valery Okulov was named chairman of Aeroflot — a holding of one of Russia's richest new capitalists, Boris Berezovsky.

The increasing demand for HPSR has led to the holding of three global symposiums on health systems research.

Women must hold two or three of these five positions to ensure a gender balance.