Sentence examples for canvassed to from inspiring English sources

Its multimillionaire MP Adam Afriyie, named as the stalking horse canvassed to overthrow David Cameron, had been spotted in the tearoom where at least two Labour MPs breezily promised him their support.

Duncan Smith has already agreed to £11bn welfare cuts over four years, but today refused to endorse plans to lower the age of entitlement to child benefit, one of the ideas being canvassed to cut the benefits bill.

Additionally, attitudes to sustainability were canvassed to elucidate the possible future direction of the community, considering the next post-postmodern phase of sociocultural development.

The equality of opportunity ideals canvassed to this point have been designed mainly for application to the economic sphere of life broadly construed.

On average, 20 houses were canvassed to find an eligible control subject who agreed to be interviewed.

The Colorado State University tumor archive was canvassed to select sera from 38 B cell LSA, 11 T cell LSA and 39 clinically healthy dogs collected as part of ongoing prospective archiving efforts.

Meanwhile an old-style Tory came canvassing to Fielding's house.

Of Labour's many election disappointments, perhaps the sharpest is the failure of traditional canvassing to yield votes.

I rose quickly up the ranks of the public-advocacy organization — from canvasser to field director and then, by the time I moved to the Bay Area, to canvass director.

He frames his central question as a straightforward one: Did the Working Families Party sell a retail service — campaign management and canvassing — to favored candidates at a wholesale price?

Blair McDougall, director of Better Together, offers a related explanation: his side is more focused and better at using its canvassing to direct the campaign's messages effectively.