Sentence examples for which already held from inspiring English sources

By doing so, Microsoft, which already held a monopoly on desktop software, blunted Netscape's momentum.

Mitsubishi, which already held a tiny stake, would become Hokuetsu's biggest shareholder, with 24% of the expanded capital.

The city has made the short list alongside Madrid (which is cash-strapped) and Tokyo (which already held the Games in 1964).

They immediately tried to jump into Bellau's pirogue, which already held a Saint Bernard dog and two cats in a laundry basket.

The consortium, which already held a minority stake in the petrochemicals maker, known as Copene, was the only bidder in the government auction of 23.73 percent of the company's shares.

BP, which already held a minority stake in Standard Oil of Ohio, had offered $7.4 billion to buy the rest of it, and the lawyers were there to lodge claims that Standard Oil's shareholders were being shortchanged.

This week the deal evaporated after a furious protest from Casino, a rival French retailer which already holds a stake in CBD.More surprises may be in store.

The bill prohibits the F.C.C. from excluding from the auctions companies like AT&T and Verizon, which already hold large chunks of spectrum for their networks.

Some analysts said the cuts were aimed at dressing up the auto unit for an ultimate sale to General Motors, which already holds a 20percentt stake.

I'm ashamed that John Bolton may be the face my country puts forward to the world, which already holds us in such contempt.

SBC Communications of San Antonio will sell its 50percentt stake in MagyarCom G.m.b.H. to Deutsche Telekom, which already holds the remaining stakes in the company.