Sentence examples for called upon to elect from inspiring English sources

The major stockholders in your company are generally called upon to elect the board and financially back the company in exchange for holdings in the company.

After two successful presidential campaigns, the first lady is being called upon to perform one last trick: elect his successor.

And that's one of the things I think that, as elected officials, that we're called upon to do from time to time, is educate other elected who are making policy around HIV and AIDS and are still relying on facts or evidence or assumptions from ten or fifteen or twenty years ago.

It is also so democratic that members of the congregation are sometimes called upon to speak, when the pastor (who is elected) has to be away.

In less than six months, this venerable institution with a varied record will again be called upon to determine the governance of Afghanistan; participants will elect a transitional head of state and decide the shape of the transition government, until a popularly elected one can be installed.

I never expected to be called upon to play.

And who would be called upon to serve?

The National Guard was called upon to assist in Delaware and Pennsylvania.

In April, Mr. Russell was called upon to aid his birthplace.

The Premiership may yet be called upon to rule.

When called upon to save penalties, he did that too.