Example sentences of "seat [prep] the [noun] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | To remain as Chief Minister , Chauthala was required to win a seat in the Haryana State Assembly by early June . |
| 2 | Chauthala needed to win a seat in the Haryana state assembly to secure his post as Chief Minister , a post which he had inherited in 1989 from his father , the powerful Deputy Prime Minister , Devi Lal . |
| 3 | On May 11 the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) , the largest party at national level , won a seat in the Sabah State Assembly for the first time , defeating the candidate of the ruling United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) which had been part of the UMNO-led National Front central government coalition until just before the October 1990 general election [ see pp. 37780-81 ] . |
| 4 | That month UMNO won a seat in the Sabah state assembly for the first time , defeating the PBS in a by-election . |
| 5 | The PRI won all 33 constituency seats in the México state legislature . |
| 6 | Although the Janata Dal held only 24 of the 225 seats in the Karnataka State Assembly ( compared with 178 held by Congress ( I ) ) , the Singh government imposed President 's rule on the state and suspended its Assembly . |
| 7 | Between them these parties also took all seven seats in the Bosnia-Hercegovina state Presidency , which was directly elected in separate voting on Nov. 18 . |