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01. The party leader was [elected] with a very slim majority.
02. The Prime Minister is expected to call a federal [election] next spring.
03. Her classmates [elected] her president of the student council.
04. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to be [elected] Prime Minister of Great Britain.
05. Anita Walsh appears to be winning the race, but the final [election] results will not be available until 10:00.
06. Boris Yeltsin was the first person to be [elected] as president of a free and democratic Russia.
07. The candidate promised to lower taxes if he got [elected], but no one trusted him.
08. The mayor has resigned his post, and is expected to call an [election] within days.
09. George Jean Nathan once said that bad officials are [elected] by good citizens who do not vote.
10. Otto von Bismarck once remarked that people never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an [election].
11. Bill Vaughan once observed that a citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national [election].
12. Zachary Taylor didn't vote in the [election] that elected him U.S. President.
13. Max Weber conceived of democracy as entailing the formation of a political elite in competition for the votes of a largely passive [electorate].
14. On February 28, 1971, the male [electorate] of Liechtenstein refused to grant women the right to vote.
15. In 1961, Burundi's first [elected] Prime Minister was assassinated after just two weeks in office.
16. An American proverb states that the only thing we learn from new [elections] is that we learned nothing from the old.
17. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk was [elected] President of Turkey in August of 1923.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Elect — • Denotes in general one chosen or taken by preference from among two or more; as a theological term it is equivalent to chosen as the object of mercy or Divine favour, as set apart for eternal life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Elect — E*lect , a. [L. electus, p. p. of eligere to elect; e out + legere to choose. See {Legend}, and cf. {Elite}, {Eclectic}.] 1. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more. Colors quaint elect. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Theol.) Chosen as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • elect — vt 1: to select by vote for an office, position, or membership 2: to make a selection of elect ed her statutory share over the gift under the will vi: to choose an elective share the right of a spouse to elect against the will …   Law dictionary

  • elect — [ē lekt′, ilekt′] adj. [ME < L electus, pp. of eligere, to pick out, choose < e , out + legere, to pick, choose: see LOGIC] 1. chosen; given preference 2. elected but not yet installed in office: usually used in combination [the mayor… …   English World dictionary

  • Elect — E*lect , n. 1. One chosen or set apart. [1913 Webster] Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth. Is. xlii. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Theol.) Those who are chosen for salvation. [1913 Webster] Shall not God avenge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Elect — E*lect , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Electing}.] 1. To pick out; to select; to choose. [1913 Webster] The deputy elected by the Lord. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to elect a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • -elect — suffix ► used after the title of an official job to refer to someone who has been chosen by vote to do that job, but who has not yet started doing it: »Mr Theroux is chairman elect of the Promotion Marketing Association. → Compare DESIGNATE(Cf.… …   Financial and business terms

  • elect — adj picked, *select, exclusive Analogous words: *choice, exquisite, rare: selected, preferred, chosen, singled out (see CHOOSE): redeemed, saved, delivered (see RESCUE vb) Antonyms: reprobate (in theology) Contrasted words: rejected, repudiated,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • elect — ► VERB 1) choose (someone) to hold public office or another position by voting. 2) opt for or choose to do something. ► ADJECTIVE 1) chosen or singled out. 2) elected to a position but not yet in office: the President Elect. DERIVATIVES electable …   English terms dictionary

  • Elect — Elect., Abbreviatur auf Recepten: Electuarium …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • ELECT — ELECT., сокращение лат. слова electua rium кашка, употребляемое в рецепте …   Большая медицинская энциклопедия

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