Sentence examples for was held to replace from inspiring English sources

Sure enough, a special election was held to replace him.

On October 20 an election was held to replace the National Assembly that Tandja had dissolved in May.

Recently, a fund-raising event was held to replace the costumes, and Mailer read from "Tough Guys Don't Dance".

The election, in a state where Democrats heavily outnumber Republicans (and independents account for around half of the electorate), was held to replace Ted Kennedy, a Democratic stalwart who died last year.

The party congress on Bali, which was televised live nationally, was held to replace Anas Urbaningrum, who resigned as the Democrats' chairman in February after the independent Corruption Eradication Commission named him as a suspect in a huge scandal involving the construction of a national sports complex in West Java Province.

Lidskog departed the Clue Crew in 2004 to become an anchor on the high school news program Channel One News, and a search was held to replace her in early 2005.

It is not known at this time when a special election will be held to replace Murtha.

As the term of each of Thailand's 7,951 appointed local councils expires, elections are being held to replace them.

Elections will be held to replace the other members when their terms, which are staggered, are up.

ACADEMIC rockstar Lawrence Lessig has been under pressure from his techie fans to seek a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election this April, which is being held to replace the late Tom Lantos.

China's move to bar the two young legislators sets up a new battle between pro-Beijing and pro-democracy camps as a fresh round of elections will be held to replace Leung and Yau.