Sentence examples for as a barely elected from inspiring English sources

That night, as a barely elected government approved the effective privatisation of the British university system, thousands of students and school pupils were kettled for hours in the freezing cold, some hospitalised with broken bones and head injuries after being charged by police horses.

We elected a party as much as we elected a person.

With Jon Voight as a barely transformed Donald Rumsfeld.

Barabbas comes across as a barely articulate psychopath.

As an elected official, Davis cannot simply be sacked.

Lutfur Rahman had barely been elected for his second term as independent mayor of Tower Hamlets before an offensive began to delegitimise the results.

Luminous with barely suppressed rage, he explains to her that a campaign concession speech is a solemn occasion, the event that legitimates the victor as the commander-in-chief of America's military forces a particularly sacred moment given that America is at war and has just elected the first black president in the history of the country.

Mr. Casey's resignation came a day after shareholders barely re-elected him, with 56percentt approval.

If she wins, she instantly wipes out her identity as Bill Clinton's wife and becomes a high-ranking elected official from a state he barely knows.

Bonner, a beauty salon owner making his fifth try for a council seat, barely missed being elected in 1987.

As a result, Kang was elected president.