Sentence examples for were being elected from inspiring English sources

(I didn't dare to ask whether the others were being elected as the first female prime minister, having her twins or winning the Falklands war).

There was a time when I thought that some slightly eccentric mayors were being elected in large American cities partly because the voters, figuring that large American cities were ungovernable anyway, decided that they might as well put someone in city hall who was at least entertaining.

After some back and forth, Santorum said that Rubio's top two accomplishments were being elected speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and becoming a senator.

The Dinka were eager to be photographed because it was like they were being elected, and the White Army had just prevailed, had just taken this town, so they wanted to be photographed.

As two senators were being elected simultaneously, Owen and Thomas Gore, the two men entered a lottery to determine which of them should serve the longer and which the shorter term before needing to run for re-election.

People are being elected, rather than appointed by the regime.

Eventually I was being elected onto the National Executive Committee by nationwide ballot of the membership.

"When Lukashenko was being elected, we did not have any enemies," The Associated Press reported him as saying.

The new rules by which this parliament is being elected may even dilute this role a bit.

"My greatest achievement in racing was being elected to the Hall of Fame," said McCarron, who earned the honor in 1989.

Forty Welsh Assembly members are being elected for constituencies and the other 20 via another vote to represent five larger regions.