Example sentences of "[noun sg] for the election " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early opinion poll results suggested that the banking scandal , reinforcing public cynicism and hostility towards Congress , could act as a catalyst for the election defeat in November 1992 of a number of incumbent US legislators unprecedented in the modern era . |
| 2 | There are a number of reasons why His Friend Chris is perhaps not the ideal chairman for the election . |
| 3 | The Conservative Party has a fixed framework for the election of leaders . |
| 4 | The Conservative Party has a fixed framework for the election of leaders . |
| 5 | Controversy surrounded the legal framework for the election and particularly the new constituency boundaries : new electoral laws endorsed by the National Assembly on April 1 and 2 marked the abandonment of the proportional representation system which had given dramatic victories to the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) in local elections in June 1990 [ see pp. 37549-50 ] . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) In accordance with the constitution of the Labour Party the General Committee of this party or the executive committee of a nationally affiliated organisation shall by resolution formally accept responsibility for the election expenses of the prospective candidate selected and a copy of such resolution shall be attached to the application of the constituency party to the National Executive Committee for endorsement . |
| 7 | This heightened expectations for the accuracy of the prediction for the election of 1936 . |
| 8 | Though the Khmers Rouges signed the agreement in Paris in 1991 that set the scene for the election campaign , they have not honoured their promise to stop fighting . |
| 9 | The scene for the election to the Constitutional Convention was formally set by the British Government when it published its White Paper " The Northern Ireland Constitution " ( see above page 8 ) which was almost immediately followed by the passing of the Northern Ireland Act 1974 on 17 July . |
| 10 | The delegation presented a 16-page plan for the election of a Palestinian legislature to govern a demilitarized West Bank and Gaza Strip . |
| 11 | Next there was another safe pair of hands : the cheery , avuncular figure of Peter Brooke who was also clearly an interim choice , awaiting the bruiser for the election . |
| 12 | Completing that job will be a major issue for the election campaign . |
| 13 | The figures were released soon after Fine Gael , the main opposition party , had identified unemployment as a key issue for the election . |
| 14 | Major was thus two votes short of a straight overall majority of those entitled to vote , which the election rules stipulated as the requirement for the election of a candidate on the second ballot . |
| 15 | Despite the unpopularity of politicians , John Major is considered one of the best of the political bunch , with 67% agreeing that he is doing a good job as Prime Minister , housewives , particularly , approve of his performance ( 74% ) , which should raise his confidence for the election . |
| 16 | we agree the procedure for the election of ordination and induction of elders in and in churches . |
| 17 | Among the Bush campaign 's problems were the President 's lack of domestic achievements or a clear aims for a second term ; a shortage of tangible foreign policy achievements or objectives ( the success of the Gulf war having been marred by the continuance in power of Saddam Hussein ) ; the depressed state of the US economy ( unemployment figures released in July showed that the total without work had risen to 7.8 per cent ) ; continuing reservations over the choice of Dan Quayle as Vice-President ; and growing rumours that the President 's apparent lack of appetite for the election campaign was symptomatic of serious ill-health — although Bush sought to dispel the " crazy rumours " surrounding his campaign . |
| 18 | Turnout for the election was , however , only 28.28 per cent as voters supported the opposition 's call for a boycott of the poll . |
| 19 | 1990 had started bleakly for Lee , who ran into serious difficulties gaining the KMT nomination for the election due in March to the presidency , a post which he had held since the death of Chiang Ching-kuo in early 1988 [ see p. 37515 ] . |
| 20 | Any member not in receipt of a ballot paper for the election to the vacancy on the Women Chemists Committee , and who wishes to place a vote , can obtain one from M. Mackenzie , RSC , Thomas Graham House , Science Park , Milton Road , Cambridge CB4 4WF ; tel : 223 420066 . |
| 21 | In the 1850s a new electoral system with a complex arrangement for the election of an electoral college for each social class further downgraded the possibility of political intervention for the Poles . |
| 22 | Mr Edward Heath , as Father of the House , the longest serving MP in the new Parliament , will be in the chair for the election . |
| 23 | Opposition parties repeated their call for the election of a national constituent assembly to draw up a new constitution . |
| 24 | We recruited a team of twenty-five young executives whose firms or colleagues gave them three weeks paid leave for the election campaign . |
| 25 | It was a confident Neil Kinnock who hammered home his attack on the government and set out his stall for the election , concentrating on the economy , investment and education . |
| 26 | The Party loved it , they gave him a standing ovation and Mr Kinnock went back for an encore to tell them to save their strength for the election . |
| 27 | The whole show for the election of a new Speaker called for the talents of a W P Frith . |
| 28 | It was , he said , a ‘ new Victorian Poor Law ’ which would pave the way for the election of a Labour Government at the next election . |
| 29 | The date for the election was at first announced for November 26 . |
| 30 | Even so , the autumn might be a plausible time for the election . |