Example sentences of "[was/were] elected [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We succeeded because we were elected to the Lebanese parliament and we were able to take over from the Turks and French in their ministries . ’ |
| 2 | In 1893 they changed their name from Royal Arsenal to Woolwich Arsenal , adopted professional status and were elected to the Second Division . |
| 3 | The high point was reached in 1964 , when a grand total of 28 women were elected to the House of Commons . |
| 4 | The following members were elected to the Committee . |
| 5 | The following were elected to the committee : Mrs M. Heathwood , Mrs S. Higham , Mrs Morag Perrett , Mrs Ruth Wilson , Dr. A.J. Watson , G. Davidson . |
| 6 | Wassira and the Zanzibar Chief Minister , Omar Ali Juma , were elected to the central committee of the CCM during a four-day meeting of the party 's national executive committee in Dodoma which ended on Oct. 15 , 1989 . |
| 7 | Legislative and presidential elections were held simultaneously in April 1988 , when President Paul Biya , who first came to office in November 1982 and was confirmed in office in the presidential elections of January 1984 , obtained 98.75 per cent of the vote ; 153 new deputies were elected to the National Assembly . |
| 8 | A further 144 full members and 59 candidate members were elected to the party 's central council ( Shura-e Markazi ) , and 33 members were elected to an Executive Board ( Hay'at-e Nezar ) . |
| 9 | Only 42 new members were elected to the committee , mostly party or government officials from the central or provincial levels . |
| 10 | No new members were elected to the party central committee . |
| 11 | In 1986 84 additional members were elected to the National Assembly ( KMT 68 , DPP 11 , CDSP 1 , independent 4 ) . |
| 12 | On Oct. 2 a Cabinet reshuffle was announced , after Michel Charasse , hitherto Budget Minister , and Jean-Marie Rausch , hitherto Minister-Delegate for Commerce and Artisans , were elected to the Senate . |
| 13 | McAllister ( 1980 ) describes that political culture as traditionalist , and dominated by clientelism , parochialism , local attachment , and ascription : politicians were elected on the basis of local reputation and solely with reference to local issues . |
| 14 | In voting for councillors , 38,946 were elected on the first round out of the total of 40,178 , with the NSF winning 15,670 seats ( 40.24 per cent ) , the Democratic Convention 8,088 ( 20.77 per cent ) , the ADP 4,532 ( 11.64 per cent ) , the HDUR 2,606 ( 6.69 per cent ) , independents 2,425 ( 6.23 per cent ) , and the RNUP 1,508 ( 3.87 per cent ) . |
| 15 | Officers were elected at the meeting with Richard Heron continuing as chairman . |
| 16 | By the thirteenth century these officers were elected in the county court from among the knights who resided in the neighbourhood of the forest and held land within it ; they took an oath in the county court or in the attachment court faithfully to perform the duties of their office . |
| 17 | The first multiparty general election since independence in 1975 took place on Nov. 22 , with a second round on Nov. 29 in 34 constituencies where no candidates were elected in the first round . |
| 18 | Of the workers ' representatives , three were elected from the shop floor , one from the administrative workers and one from the technicians , engineers and graduate staff . |
| 19 | The voting members were elected by the national parliaments ; ministers who attended did not vote . |
| 20 | The outcome of the vote would be reflected in the composition of the upper house of parliament , the Eerste Kamer , whose 75 members were elected by the provincial legislatures . |
| 21 | Of the 60 members , 35 were elected by the members of the House of Representatives , 15 were selected from the country 's five development zones and 10 were directly appointed by King Birendra [ see p. 38193 for May election of House of Representatives ] . |
| 22 | The five non-permanent members of the Security Council for the two years from Jan. 1 , 1992 , were elected by the General Assembly on Oct. 16 . |
| 23 | The office-holders and agencies which ran the new units — the elder , the clerk , the executive board , the assembly , the court — were elected by the peasants whom they served , but it is only with considerable reservation that volosti can be said to have increased the representative character of the imperial polity . |
| 24 | Delegates to the higher assemblies were elected by the lower . |
| 25 | FOLLOWING a 20-year career in the Army , Michael Mates , now 57 , was elected for the then Petersfield constituency in 1974 , holding the seat in 1979 with an increased majority . |
| 26 | In 1830 he was elected for the government borough of Rye and the following year was active as Tory assistant whip . |
| 27 | He was elected on the third round of voting . |
| 28 | As the candidate of New Democracy ( ND ) , he was elected on the second round of voting with 153 votes ( two more than the required absolute majority of the 300 seats in parliament ) . |
| 29 | Bush was elected on the coat-tails of Ronald Reagan , who in turn worshipped Margaret Thatcher 's brand of politics and economics . |
| 30 | He was elected with the votes of 64 deputies ( Sandinista National Liberation Front and pro-Chamorro members of the ruling National Opposition Union — UNO ) out of a total of 92 . |