Sentence examples similar to procure a seat from inspiring English sources

Fox was procured a seat in Parliament by his father in 1768.

LETTER FROM CANADA about newspaper publisher Conrad Black and the lengths to which he went to procure a title and a seat in the British House of Lords… Tells how Black had by the late nineties acquired most of the daily newspapers in Canada….

The New Yorker, December 17, 2001 P. 62 LETTER FROM CANADA about newspaper publisher Conrad Black and the lengths to which he went to procure a title and a seat in the British House of Lords… Tells how Black had by the late nineties acquired most of the daily newspapers in Canada….

The system, however, permitted the party with the greatest number of peers, normally the Conservatives, to procure a disproportionate number of seats, with opposing parties sometimes being left entirely unrepresented.

Eventually, I was able to procure a small boat.

He was able to procure a few needed medicines.

(Note: In attempting to procure a passport, they had procured the birth certificate of a cerebral palsy sufferer).

He may try to procure a bloody stalemate.

Kennedy soon went out to procure a bottle of whiskey.

Local Procurement UNICEF Country Offices also procure a range of commodities.

Procure a roll of brown Kraft paper.