Sentence examples for canvassing for a from inspiring English sources

He also attacked the "insidious and demoralising peace process" in the north, and he shocked some of his liberal followers by canvassing for a Unionist candidate in North Down.

In a private meeting, a senior White House official said, Mrs. McAleese told Mr. Obama that her son, then living in the United States, woke her by phone early one morning in 2004 to tell her he was canvassing for a young politician that he believed would one day be elected president.

How can we pro-Europeans have so underrated the painful sense of losing out from Europeanisation that I encountered on the doorstep when canvassing for a vote to remain, and which now screams through the vote of the other half of England? ("Speak for yourself," you may retort. I do, brother, I do).

Spending a weekend with your partner canvassing for a candidate you respect can help make a difference AND help your relationship.

Cutts and others [ 20] report on door-to-door canvassing for a vaccination program intended to accelerate the expanded program on vaccination in Mozambique.

I was canvassing for an environmental nonprofit that was pushing for a long-overdue citywide recycling program, and we drove for hours to reach our neighborhood targets.

Even before the Bern disputation, Zwingli was canvassing for an alliance of reformed cities.

Fearing prosecution once his term in office was over, he now began to canvass for a second tribunate another unprecedented act, bound to reinforce fears of tyranny.

Over the past several years, MGM has insisted that it is not on the block -- even as its banker, Goldman Sachs, constantly, sometimes quite publicly, canvasses for a buyer.

While I generally attempt to hold a neutral position on the pieces I write, I feel obliged to declare an interest here, having canvassed for a yes vote in Ireland last week.

Crites voluntarily told the Guardian that, despite not agreeing with all of Clinton's platform, he had canvassed "for a few hours" for the Democratic nominee and donated to her campaign.