Sentence examples for was elective to from inspiring English sources

He said the tracheotomy was elective, "to assure adequate breathing," and had not been performed in an emergency.

The importance of the office was further enhanced by two aspects: it was elective, as opposed to the magistracies filled by lot, and allowed the strategi indefinite reelection.

It was elective, administration was left to the courts, and insurance was carried through private firms.

The royal dynasty was elective, and if it were to die out a new one would be chosen by "the Nation".

It's elective, according to some old-fashioned rules, and invariably leads to factions and occasionally to electioneering.

74.3 % was elective surgery.

Mr. Carrión, on the other hand, is relatively new to elective office, having been elected to the Council in 1997.

In this respect, calcium phosphates are elective materials, due to their composition close to that of mineral bone.

A period of work tied to academics, these colleges say, is too important to be elective.

The type of admission was more likely to be medical or emergency surgical in non-survivors, and to be elective surgical in survivors.

Yet until recently, the American health care system considered gender reassignment surgery to be elective, cosmetic or experimental.