Example sentences of "[adj] vote for [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Landsbergis , 58 , a musicologist specializing in 19th and early 20th century Lithuanian music , was elected in a secret ballot , polling 91 votes for and 42 votes against , compared with 38 votes for and 95 against Brazauskas . |
| 2 | Landsbergis , 58 , a musicologist specializing in 19th and early 20th century Lithuanian music , was elected in a secret ballot , polling 91 votes for and 42 votes against , compared with 38 votes for and 95 against Brazauskas . |
| 3 | The referendum gave him a huge majority : 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President . |
| 4 | Ivashko defeated three other candidates , polling 278 votes for and 61 against . |
| 5 | In a subsequent vote to overturn the veto , the House fell six votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority , with 260 votes for and 138 votes against . |