Sentence examples for election lifted from inspiring English sources

But support from two former presidents, Mr. Khatami and Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was disqualified from the election, lifted Mr. Rowhani's status, helping him tap the votes of millions of dissatisfied Iranians.

The settling of America's election lifted Asian markets: Seoul gained 7.7%, Hong Kong rose by 3.5% and Taipei went up by 4.1%.In this section EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMY FINANCIAL MARKETS Reprints.

Falling oil prices could be a decider in the coming general election, lifting the spirits of car drivers and pushing to one side thoughts of endless Osborne austerity.

A New Government, A New Tack In February, nationwide elections lifted to power Pakistan's first full-fledged civilian government in nine years.

Leadership elections lift the stone on what a party really wants when talking to itself.

Estate agents were reporting calls from buyers at the top end of the property market, as the Conservatives' shock election win lifted fears of a mansion tax on £2m-plus homes.

The election result lifted India's stock market by around 15% and, in London, helped push up Vedanta, which wants to take minority stakes in Indian businesses owned by the government, by 39p to £13.55.

This year, because Mr. Bloomberg did not participate in the program, the spending cap Mr. Green would have faced in the general election was lifted, and the 4 to 1 ratio for matching funds was increased to 5 to 1, but the amount he could accept from each donor remained capped at $4,500, so he had to continue finding new contributors up to the end of the campaign.

You'll remember our Conservative colleagues campaigned in the General Election to lift the inheritance tax burden on double millionaires.

To clarify, President Ilham Aliyev issued two orders in 2005 calling on election officials to obey election laws and lifted a ban on public demonstrations.

In the past few months, the Iraqis have held their election; America has lifted objections to international war-crimes trials over Darfur Israell's (American-supported) plan to pull out of Gaza has gathered speed; and Condoleezza Rice has been wooing Europeans diplomats with a kinder, gentler foreign policy.