Sentence examples for such as election from inspiring English sources

That (plus other things such as election rigging) has left Belarus's application with rigor mortis.

The firm specialised in giving odds on national events, such as election results.

George Bush's administration said it would still finance opposition activity in the country, such as election monitoring.

To overcome this disadvantage, alternative devices, such as election by an absolute majority and proportional representation, are used.

The deadline for the first edition can be pushed back to 10pm when there are late sports results or it's a special occasion, such as election night.

On the national level they attended the general assembly of the gods, which was the highest authority in the cosmos, to vote on matters of national import such as election or deposition of kings.

Mr Putin has a sorry record of obstruction in outfits such as the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (which deals with issues such as election-rigging, media-freedom and minority rights).

"As a politician, I saw at first hand how often policies were dictated by short-term considerations such as elections or partisan pressure.

But the new structures, says Mr Petrov, do more: they form an extensive intelligence-gathering network, which comes into its own at critical times such as elections.

Foreign-aid and human-rights bodies, diplomats and church people all hold daily meetings and workshops with titles such as "Elections: Lessons from Zimbabwe and Kenya for Ghana".

Post-democracy refers to our neutron-bomb politics, in which the old structures, such as elections and parliaments, remain standing, but are uninhabited by political power.