Sentence examples for earned a vote from inspiring English sources

And just like that, Howard Dean earned a vote in the freewheeling caucuses here in this town of 15,000.

Five years ago, Thomas presided over a 48-win season with the Indiana Pacers, earned a vote in the Coach of the Year balloting and looked, by all accounts, to be a young coach on the rise.

It is unclear whether it might ever earn a vote.

Three years later May 16 , 1877) Broglie was entrusted by Mac-Mahon with the formation of a new Cabinet, but this proved unable to earn a vote of confidence from the new republican majority in the Chamber.

In 2009, with Democrats holding the White House and both houses of Congress, an environmentally focused bill — the American Clean Energy and Security Act — passed the House but did not earn a vote in the Senate, as Democrats argued it conceded too much to the fossil-fuel industry while Republicans argued against it on a variety of points.

Each curator has five minutes to convey his or her passion for the piece and persuade the room why one particular work should earn a vote over the others.

With respect to the 2013 proxy season, Proxy Monitor concluded that companies faced more shareholder proposals than in 2012 but said average support fell and no social policy proposal earned a majority vote.

Hoffman, whose choice for the Nobel Prize generated some controversy, beat out Michel Le Guern, a scholar on philosopher and scientist Blaise Pascal who earned a single vote, and six other candidates.

Last year, Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt earned a union vote of no-confidence.

"No Mexican candidate ever earned a single vote by talking about reform in the energy sector," said analyst George Baker, a Mexico expert with Energia.com, a Houston-based consulting firm.

Despite an unimpressive Major League career, Grove earned a few votes for induction into the Hall of Fame, receiving five votes in the 1958 balloting (1.9% of the required votes needed) and seven in the 1960 balloting (2.6% of the required votes needed).