Sentence examples for make his election from inspiring English sources

FOUR years ago, on the historic occasion of Barack Obama's first inauguration, we took a look at the good, bad and outrageous movie characters who helped make his election possible.

Monks ran for a seat on the board, in a campaign that he financed himself, at a cost of three-quarters of a million dollars, but was thwarted when Sears, at Brennan's direction, reduced the number of its board seats by a third, in order to make his election virtually impossible.

Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema has visited the township of Itireleng, near Pretoria, to make his election pitch.

The mess that is New York State and Paterson's potential to stand apart from the political establishment of both parties make his election no more unlikely than his shocking ascendance to the office.

Within seconds, a mood of almost giddy excitement seemed to ripple through the crowd of perhaps 500 people who had gathered on a dusty football pitch in the hot afternoon sun to listen to South Africa's most divisive, boisterous politician make his election campaign pitch.

That doesn't make his election illegitimate — he won by the clear rules of the game — but it's a reminder that most of the nation shares our values and will be allies in the long, hard policy battles to come.

Topical allusions in his book made his election to the French Academy difficult, but he was eventually elected in 1693.

George Osborne has made his election pitch.

The three losing candidates are likely to unite against Mr. Nasheed, making his election effort an underdog bid.

Mr. Yeltsin then anointed Mr. Putin as his successor, making his election in 2000 a certainty.

Mr. Paterson's low political standing makes his election prospects seem bleak and, by comparison, Mr. Bloomberg appears a rock of political stability.