Sentence examples for stood successfully from inspiring English sources

Many of Mr Berlusconi's supporters accused Tana de Zulueta, who used to be our Rome correspondent until she stood (successfully) as a centre-left Olive Tree candidate for the Senate in 1996, of instigating the supposed plot.

When, aged 25, he stood successfully in 1950 for the Bristol seat previously held by Stafford Cripps, the former Labour chancellor wrote to the electorate that Benn was "as keen a Christian as I am myself".

But there was no one around to admonish me, and so Ela, I said to her, come on, and then I stood, successfully this time, maybe because Mama kept her side pressed against me, as if to prop me up as I kept one hand against the brick wall of the house.

In the 1847 general election, Disraeli stood, successfully, for the Buckinghamshire constituency.

Results of this study indicate that light thinning from below (33% basal area removal) applied in pure aspen stands successfully retained most of the structural attributes of mature aspen stands, but did not generally "accelerate succession" toward old-growth traits in the 12-year time interval since treatment.

He successfully stood off the Communist influence in France.

In 1837, however, he successfully stood for Maidstone in Kent as the Conservative candidate.

There was the right ratio of bread (Runner & Stone sesame seed) to filling, and the vegetables successfully stood up to the oozing and abundant ricotta.

If they appear to bend too much, Ahmadinejad could argue that he has successfully stood up to the United States, strengthening him at the polls.

Many dealers have now successfully stood up in public and persuaded legislators to shoo away new regulators in an area that needs better oversight.

Instead, the voters chose Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, who had returned from British exile in September after having successfully stood for the constituent assembly in a by-election.