Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] in office " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government that sought to remain in office after losing a vote of confidence in the House of Commons would find its position politically intenable : it would lack the political authority to govern . |
| 2 | They failed ; but Baldwin had to abandon his original intention of resigning straight away , and decided to stay in office until the new Parliament met . |
| 3 | He consented to continue in office only on condition the Tsar suspended both chambers , disciplined his leading opponents in the State Council , and promulgated the bill under Article 87 . |
| 4 | Snegur asked to stay in office pending direct presidential elections , but the Moldavian Supreme Soviet refused his resignation , and instead formed a commission to formulate proposals to reform executive power in Moldavia . |
| 5 | Meanwhile Slovenia , Croatia and Kosovo walked out of the Federal Assembly as members voted to confirm in office the Presidency delegates from Kosovo ( a Serbian choice , to whom the three objected ) , Vojvodina and Serbia . |
| 6 | In a national broadcast President Mobutu Sese Seko announced on Dec. 4 that he intended to stay in office beyond his seven-year mandate . |
| 7 | In reply Cresson denounced the opposition for being " demolishers " damaging France rather than " builders " , and said that the government intended to stay in office until the end of the parliamentary term in 1993 . |