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elect - use in sentences
Object
- mayor: In 1893, William was elected the first mayor of Brighouse.
- representative: The BNP now has no elected representatives in London.
- councilor: The Mayor shall be elected annually by the Council from among elected Councilors at the Annual Meeting.
- president: However, his attempts to get himself elected president of the United States ended in failure.
- fellow: He was elected a Fellow of the College in 1900.
- assembly: A referendum will then be held in all three regions to decide whether the public want an elected regional assembly.
Preposition: on
- aye: Result All Candidates were elected on separate general ayes.
Preposition: at
- agm: Our directors are all voluntary and are elected at the AGM from local people who put their names forward.
Preposition: as
- MP: He returned to England in 1838 and in 1839 was elected as an MP for Edinburgh.
- president: When Franklin Roosevelt was elected as president the paper ceased publication.
- chairman: From 1931 to 1934, Mao helped established the Chinese Soviet Republic in SE China, and was elected as the chairman.
Adjective complement
- unopposed: Our second addition is Peter Taylor from Shrewsbury, who has been elected unopposed through our membership ballot.
- vice-president: In 1996, she was elected Vice-president of the Latin American Federation of Semiotics.
Subject
- ballot: Deputies serve four-year terms and are elected by direct secret ballot under universal suffrage.
- ratepayer: There was growing competition between the Churches and the School Boards ( elected by local ratepayers ) as to who would supervise education.
Infinitive complement
- serve: The new body has 47 members who were elected to serve three-year terms, renewable once.
- represent: These are members of the public who have been elected to represent the views of people living in their area.
Preposition: by
- ballot: Deputies serve four-year terms and are elected by direct secret ballot under universal suffrage.
- ratepayer: There was growing competition between the Churches and the School Boards ( elected by local ratepayers ) as to who would supervise education.
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