Sentence examples for lost receiving from inspiring English sources

He ran against Nkrumah in the 1960 presidential election but lost, receiving only 10 percent of the vote.

George lost, receiving a third of the votes counted, but as Lance Selfa notes in his book The Democrats: A Critical History, there were reports of ballot boxes floating down the East River on election day.

Losing candidates, including presidents who did not run but whose party lost, received a seven percentage point bounce, on average.

Tuberculosis, which accounted for less than 4% of years of life lost, received 22% of the budget.

Last fall Col. Robert H. Edmondson, who commanded the mortuary at the time the body parts were lost, received a letter of reprimand, effectively ending any further promotions.

Another risk taker, "Lost," received seven nominations for its final episode (shown in May), and three of the series's actors -- Matthew Fox in a lead role, and Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson in supporting roles -- were singled out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Most recent presidents — whether they were running for re-election or retiring and whether they won or lost — received a larger boost to their approval ratings after Election Day than Mr. Obama, according to an examination of polling by Gallup, which has been testing presidential job approval much longer than any other polling firm.

Nothing more was heard of them until mid-May, when the owners, who had by then assumed the vessel lost, received invoices relating to its repair and reprovisioning in the northern Spanish port of Corcubión.

Westboro Baptist Church should understand that we will go to great lengths to make sure they don't protest any funerals of the victims of the past week's tragedies, and that those we lost receive a proper burial.

If you wear a white jacket, you are a new starter whose main aim is to avoid getting lost and receiving a rollicking.

He lost after receiving 673 votes.