Sentence examples for met to elect from inspiring English sources

Hezbollah and the pro-Western governing coalition have faced off in a game of brinkmanship over the selection of a president, the head of state, making no visible progress during two months of crisis negotiations that began when Parliament met to elect a president on Sept. 25 and promptly disbanded for lack of a quorum of two-thirds of its members.

When the College of Cardinals met to elect a new pontiff, many prelates spoke on behalf of more transparency and accountability in the papal administration.

Pope Paul VI died in early August that year, and as it happened I was in Rome when the conclave met to elect his successor.

After the death of Bishop John de Innes in 1414, the chapter of Elgin Cathedral met to elect a new bishop, and on 18 May Lichton was elected Bishop of Moray.

The swiftness with which the pope accepted O'Brien's resignation, before the cardinals had even met to elect a new pope, reveals how much the Vatican is deathly afraid of how the gay issue will play out.

"The Law on religious incorporation". "Powers and duties of trustees". First meeting to elect trustees.

In late January bishops from Russia, Ukraine and the Slavic diaspora will meet to elect a new patriarch.

The Syrian opposition was meeting to elect a new leader and formulate its positions before the expected conference in Geneva.

The Board of Directors shall meet to elect officers at its final or penultimate meeting of the Fall and Spring semesters.

Late this morning Moscow time, the I.O.C. members were meeting to elect a successor to 80-year-old Juan Antonio Samaranch, who became the group's president in 1980.

He will retire, some what reluctantly, from the leadership of his party in two weeks when the Liberal dele gates meet to elect a successor.