Sentence examples for substantial votes from inspiring English sources

But the positive sentiment did not translate into substantial votes for the money.

There are also two first-year players likely to earn substantial votes, Craig Biggio and Curt Schilling.

One result was the biggest Republican electoral defeat since 1974, with endangered Republicans unable to point to many substantial votes against their party.

Yuliya Tymoshenko emerged as the most credible of the leaders of the former Orange coalition, which had swept out the old order in 2004, and secured substantial votes in all areas of the country except Donetsk and Luhansk.

He could have expected a substantial vote for a seat in the new parliament.

They constitute a substantial voting bloc, but, sadly, their aspirations have often been exploited for political gain.

"We are a major part of the I.M.F". and have substantial voting power under the institution's weighted voting system, Ms. Albright said.

They were unable to dislodge the company's chief executive, because the Walton family stood behind him with their substantial voting shares.

Pope Benedict has appointed 67 cardinals and of these, 37 are from Europe, which remains the most substantial voting block, and potentially the most influential.

The Interior Ministry controls police officers, many of whom were accused of aiding the substantial vote rigging that marred Mr. Karzai's re-election in 2009.

Ironically the failure of the loyalists to harvest a substantial vote in their own community keeps the question of UVF and UDA guns way down the political agenda.