Example sentences of "and legislative [noun pl] [be] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if you cast your minds way back to Tuesday you will remember that what I said was that the Americans were trying to create a system of limited government er and yet one which er protected the liberties of individuals not all individuals , not black individuals especially but of individuals , this was the rhetoric of the time and the main device that they invented to do this was something called the separation of powers and they argued that , where political power is concentrated , the potential for abuse is greater so that where executive and legislative powers are held in the same hands , as they are in our system of government , the , there is more prospect of government encroaching upon the rights of individuals . |
| 2 | Presidential and legislative elections were held on April 2 , 1989 ( see p. 36603 ) . |
| 3 | Gubernatorial and legislative elections were held on Nov. 8 , 1988 [ see p. 37079 ] , when the PPD won 18 seats in the Senate and 36 seats in the House of Representatives . |
| 4 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in December 1988 [ see p. 36482 ] . |
| 5 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in February 1990 , when Caldéron was elected President with 51 per cent of the vote , and the PUSC won an absolute majority , gaining 29 of the 57 seats in the Legislative Assembly [ see p. 37243 ] . |
| 6 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in November 1989 , when Callejas was elected with just over 50 per cent of the vote , and the PN won 71 of the 128 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37038-39 ; 37275 ] . |
| 7 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in February 1990 when Chamorro gained 55 per cent of the votes in the presidential elections , and the UNO gained 51 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37236-37 ] . |
| 8 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in Belau ( also known as Palau ) , the last remaining remnant of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific , on Nov. 4 . |