Example sentences of "general [noun sg] held [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Indira Gandhi 's assassination in 1984 , Rajiv was swiftly sworn in as her successor [ see p. 33220 ] and led Congress ( I ) to a massive victory in a general election held at the end of the year [ see pp. 33464-66 ] . |
| 2 | In brief , the actual Westminster model is that of authoritarian single-party governments in a House of Commons dominated by the Prime Minister and composed largely of disciplined parties with most votes in the House of Commons being highly predictable ; every three or four years there is a general election held under a crude simple majority electoral system with minimal participation by the electorate in the choice of who shall be their candidate , though they do have the choice between the candidates who are selected by the party activists ; between 20% , and 30% of the electorate do not vote at all . |
| 3 | In the general election held in the Federal Republic of Germany in January 1987 , the Christian Democratic Union won 34.5% of the national political vote and 35.0% of the seats in the Bundestag . |
| 4 | At a general meeting held on the evening of 13 February , it was reported that there were 475 non-union journeymen at work in Edinburgh and that " additional hands were daily arriving " . |
| 5 | At a special general meeting held in the Princess Beach Hotel and Casino , Curacao , by Netherlands Antilles , on 22 October 1990 , Cohere duly did just that and the whole battle over the future of Velcro was put on ice . |