Sentence examples for generally elected from inspiring English sources

In the UK, politicians are generally elected to parliament first and then aspire to a cabinet job.

His closest pursuers, like Kasey Kahne's Chevrolet, generally elected for fuel and fresh tires, and with their longer pit stops had more ground to regain on Kenseth.

The interpretation also said the proportion of generally elected seats in the legislature would not be allowed to increase in the next elections, in 2008.

Texian militias generally elected their own leaders, and the men now gathered in Gonzales invoked their right to choose their own captain rather than report to Martin.

I generally elect not to assign an expiration date on my keys, but your circumstances might suggest otherwise.

In recent years, governors in the United States have generally been elected for either two or four years.

In council-manager systems the council is generally small, elected at large on a nonpartisan ballot for overlapping four-year terms; no other offices are directly elected, and the mayor, who presides at council meetings and performs mainly ceremonial functions, is chosen by the council from among its members.

But does a judge – generally appointed, not elected by citizens – have the right to order a policy change?

"There is no reason in the world why the public should not know at least generally where their elected officials are and the important information about the trip," said Blair Horner of the New York Public Interest Research Group.

There were no new 287 g) agreements with city police agencies, which generally aren't elected positions and usually are not in charge of jails as are county sheriffs.

The award is generally given to elected officials who, acting in accord with their conscience, risk their careers by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or powerful pressures from their constituents.