Sentence examples for elected to prevent from inspiring English sources

For many war opponents, this was precisely the blank check the Democrats had been elected to prevent.

Gov. Marvin Griffin, who signed the new flag into law, was a strong proponent of segregation, and often said he was elected to prevent "mixed schools" in Georgia.

But talking about such things angers both China, which sees it as a step toward Taiwan's independence, and Taiwan's protector, America.For their part, the only real message the pan-blues have is that they should be elected to prevent Mr Chen from doing anything, in effect presenting gridlock as an end in itself.

The game turned back in the Fife side's favour when Gilmour elected to prevent Josh Falkingham's header with his arm.

They said they wanted to encourage elected officials "to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership by communicating directly with the constituents that elect them".

In particular, earlier strategies such as continuous policy involvement by party members, grassroots control over all party institutions and decisions, and the legislative rotation of elected members to prevent the creation of career politicians were sometimes perceived as unhelpful and disruptive when green parties won representation to local, national, or regional assemblies.

In an attempt to prevent confusion, we have elected to use "vultures" for the common names used herein, rather than those often used in which certain species are referred to as "griffons".

The visitors had won the toss and elected to field but poor weather prevented the game starting on time.

Although they were not widely known, and did not prevent Eagleton from being elected to the US senate in 1969, they gave rise to rumours of a drinking problem.

But the moment Democrats or civil rights organizations exhort African Americans to go to the polls and stand up for their right to vote -- and prevent Tillis from being elected to the U.S. Senate -- the Republicans squeal like stuck pigs.

Given the very high rates of activity, we elected to study the mice at lower environmental temperatures to prevent exercise-induced hyperthermia from potentially reducing activity levels.