Example sentences of "to [num] [prep] the [adj] seats " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIS deputies were elected to 188 of the 231 seats in which the there was an outright winner . |
| 2 | The DLP won 116 of the 237 seats open to popular election , thereby entitling it to 33 of the 62 seats awarded on the basis of proportional representation , bringing its total in the 299-member Assembly to 149 , one seat sort of an overall majority . |
| 3 | Noelle is a newcomer to the Executive Committee , having been elected to one of the reserved seats for women , outside of Belfast and Dublin . |
| 4 | He pointed to one of the raised seats where centuries earlier a carpenter had carved a bear climbing a tree . |
| 5 | Rohmer took him by the coat sleeve , leading him to one of the upholstered seats beside Jimmy . |
| 6 | As the mandroids calmly gassed the beaked exter and carted them both off to be flung into the street , I slid on to one of the unstained seats at the table and cheerfully looked around for a servaton . |