Sentence examples for the vote opened from inspiring English sources

And the vote opened up the field to the former superpower of Eastern Europe and to a rising financial power in the Middle East.

Last Friday, on the anniversary of the passage of the 26th Amendment, which gave 18-year-olds the right to vote, Rock the Vote opened its national program to educate and register high school students, though not in Florida.

Though Mr. Naifeh would have been elected without Mr. Williams's vote, and the vote opened doors for Mr. Williams, it was still viewed by colleagues as evidence of party disloyalty.

But the vote opened the way for what could become the entertainment industry's first shutdown since 1988, when writers struck for five months, and Teamsters and other film workers staged a shorter strike.

Saddam Hussein, in order to celebrate his re-election as president with 100% of the vote, opened the country's prison doors on October 15 2002 and set free all the common criminals (while sending the majority of political prisoners to their deaths).

The votes of the public will choose one of these six topics as the subject for the £10m award; the vote opens immediately after the programme (ie 10pm Thursday evening).

The vote opens the way for an early election, now expected in April rather than the scheduled July.

The result, Professor Schlemmer says, is discontent among 30-40 per cent of the population, making it possible that the ANC could drop from 70 to 50percentnt of the vote, opening the way to a coalition.

Defying precedent, the House leadership held the vote open for three hours while arms were twisted.

The Senate held the vote open Wednesday night to allow Mr. Leahy time to return and cast his vote.

"They had to keep the vote open three hours to get this bill passed," Mr. Gutknecht said.