Example sentences of "[adv] elect a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I was reminded of the Brecht poem in which the politicians decide that they can not trust the people and that they had better elect a new one .
2 That is what the wording of Labour 's policy document really means , and that is what will come about if we are mad enough to elect a Labour Government again .
3 My local golf club has just elected a black man to the committee , ’ he added .
4 The British people had just elected a Conservative Government , headed by Britain 's first ever woman Prime Minister , who had already earned the reputation of being ‘ the best man for the job ’ in the Conservative Party .
5 The plenum also elected a new politburo , secretariat and central military commission .
6 The meeting also elected a further eight members , four ladies and four men , the first time any members had been proposed and seconded .
7 On Feb. 28 the congress approved this report and an amended party platform and constitution , and also elected a new leadership , including Budragchaagiyn Dash-Yondon as replacement for Ochirbat .
8 He would now chair the new 99-member central committee ; delegates also elected a nine-member central presidium ( first elected in April 1990 to replace the politburo — see p. 37374 ) , three-member secretariat and 33-member control commission .
9 The most obvious suppliers were the Republic 's fellow democracies , Britain and France , especially the latter which in May had also elected a Popular Front government .
10 It is expected that the congress , organised by the party 's interim leadership after the politburo and central committee resigned last Sunday , will immediately elect a new leader and central committee .
11 From the National Palace , General Garcia , flanked by senior officers and political leaders , told the country that Congress would first purge itself of corrupt members and then elect a new president .
12 At the end of August 1989 the " state-approved " Islamic party , the United Development Party ( Partai Persatuan Pembangunan — PPP ) , unexpectedly elected a new chairman .
13 It therefore elected a Supreme Soviet consisting of two smaller chambers from among its members ( the Soviet of the Union and the Soviet of the Nationalities ) .
14 Although Houston had never elected a black mayor , the question of race was not a significant campaign factor , with Lanier campaigning strongly in black neighbourhoods and Turner receiving considerable white support , including that of Whitmire .
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