1.   Despite the economic disaster that had befallen his country in the Decade he had held power, he was confident of victory.

2.   Economic disaster befell the country during the Decade when he held power.

3.   His essential point, that those who hold information hold power, is absolutely correct.

4.   In particular he scrutinized every report of an alleged matriarchy, where women were said to hold political power.

5.   N., the national agencies held veto power, giving them a privileged status befitting their clout and status.

6.   On past records, most waverers go for the challenger rather than the one who holds power.

7.   The Social Credit Party of British Columbia is an autonomous provincial party which holds power in British Columbia.

8.   Executive power is held by a Council of Ministers elected by the Assembly and responsible to it.

9.   De Klerk had earlier suggested that executive power be held by a supreme council appointed by an elected legislature.