Sentence examples for election of becoming from inspiring English sources

On the morning after his victory and near-victory before, Nigel Farage talked of holding the balance of power after the next election, of becoming the Minister for Europe having won more Tory seats in the South and Labour seats in the North.

In Chile, the Socialist Party candidate Salvador Allende won the presidential election of 1970, becoming the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in the Americas.

The lack of security meant that candidates were unwilling to campaign openly, as in a normal election, for fear of becoming targets.

This election was already in danger of becoming tarnished with corruption when charges were laid at the feet of incumbent politicians offering bribes to soldiers to rig results.

Hensarling's plan has little chance of passing Congress, particularly in an election year, and no chance of becoming law with a Democrat in the White House.

The two key figures leading the European election campaign in the hope of becoming the next head of the EU executive are split on how to recover from Europe's worst-ever crisis – the debt and currency turmoil of the past five years that almost brought the collapse of the euro.

But in a midterm election year that shows signs of becoming a Democratic wave, Ohio's 1st is in play.

Unfortunately, with this year's elections, education is in danger of becoming little more than a political football.

The problems of airport security don't rise to the level of becoming an election-year issue, but this isn't about airport security anymore.

He thought he had a chance of becoming chancellor, until election night in May 2015.

Indeed, as the election nears, he is in danger of becoming, rather like Mr Brown, persistently underwhelming.