Example sentences of "elections [modal v] [be] hold [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 19 March the Assembly started a series of debates on a motion to reject Sunningdale and the constitutional arrangements which led up to the conference , and there built up a demand from Loyalists that new elections should be held for the Assembly . |
| 2 | Despite agreement among party leaders that the elections should be held in ‘ a mild climate , ’ it looks like being a divisive contest . |
| 3 | The UN became heavily involved in Korean affairs from the beginning of 1948 as a consequence of the acceptance by the UN General Assembly of the American proposal that elections should be held in both parts of Korea to achieve a national assembly and then a unified government for Korea . |
| 4 | The government decided on Feb. 19 that elections should be held in such localities on April 19 . |
| 5 | The Concordat , described as " the best negotiated settlement in Western history " , confirmed the German emperor 's renunciation of investiture of bishops with the ring and the crozier and the pope 's concession that episcopal elections should be held in the presence of the king . |
| 6 | A joint declaration by opposition groups and government parties issued after the country 's first round-table talks said that free elections should be held by next May 6 at the latest . |
| 7 | The PPD and the DLP agreed that local assembly elections should be held by June 1991 , with elections for governors and mayors in early 1992 . |
| 8 | The Washington Post of June 24 quoted the co-chair of the observer delegation , Donald Payne , a member of the US House of Representatives , as saying that the elections could not be described as " completely free and fair " , and that he hoped that new elections might be held in disputed areas . |
| 9 | However , Dumas was believed to have expressed disquiet at the suggestion that Lebanese elections might be held before the proposed withdrawal of Syrian troops in September . |
| 10 | The party endorsed the change at a congress on Jan. 20-23 , 1990 [ for which see pp. 37172-73 ] , but the congress subsequently collapsed amid arguments about the LCY 's federal structure ( the Slovene League of Communists ( LC ) shortly afterwards split from the LCY ) , and before scheduled elections could be held to a new party central committee and presidium . |
| 11 | During the second phase , beginning on May 1 , 1991 , elections would be held at all levels , including elections for president . |
| 12 | The American military government promptly announced that elections would be held on 9 May 1948 , and UNTCOK undertook to observe the elections provided they were held ‘ in a free atmosphere , wherein the democratic rights of freedom of speech , press , and assembly would be recognized and accepted ’ . |
| 13 | He also announced that elections would be held on Oct. 24 . |
| 14 | President Zhelyu Zhelev announced on July 16 that local and general elections would be held on Sept. 29 . |
| 15 | Presidential elections would be held on Dec. 1 ( with a second round on Dec. 15 if necessary ) and legislative elections on Jan. 15 , 1992 . |
| 16 | On Nov. 28 the interim Prime Minister , Jean-Jacques Honorat , announced that fresh elections would be held on Jan. 5 , 1992 , in defiance of an OAS resolution . |
| 17 | Ershad and a number of former ministers were arrested on charges of corruption and abuse of power , and the transitional government on Dec. 14 announced that parliamentary elections would be held on March 2 , 1991 ( subsequently brought forward to Feb. 27 ) . |
| 18 | The President , Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara , announced on Feb. 14 that presidential and legislative elections would be held on April 29 , 11 days before the expiry of his current term of office . |
| 19 | It was announced on Feb. 28 that further voting to complete the local elections would be held on March 1 and 8 , as well as on April 19 . |
| 20 | On March 9 it was announced that multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held on Nov. 15 and Dec. 13 , 1992 . |
| 21 | Senatorial elections would be held on May 31 , with voting for the president taking place over two rounds on June 14 and June 28 [ see pp. 38752-53 for February 1992 amendments to timetable set by national conference ] . |
| 22 | Speaking at the opening session of the National People 's Assembly on April 2 , President José Eduardo dos Santos announced that multiparty presidential and legislative elections would be held on Sept. 29 and 30 . |
| 23 | Fourth , it stipulated that once Saddam Hussein had been overthrown " direct and free " elections would be held to a constituent council , which would in turn draw up a new constitution . |
| 24 | Under the reform , elections would be held under a system of proportional representation , with officials re-electable for four-year periods but unable to occupy several positions at the various levels of local and regional government at the same time . |
| 25 | Presidential and legislative elections would be held under UN supervision within one year , once the demobilization process was complete . |
| 26 | It was agreed that elections would be held in Zimbabwe , despite the activities of various black guerrilla forces led by Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe , and a constitutional convention was to be held in London . |
| 27 | Although many of those arrested remained in detention , Avril suggested that elections would be held in accordance with the published timetable . |
| 28 | In promulgating the new Constitution Ganilau expressed the hope that elections would be held in 1991 , although it remained unclear whether the opposition Labour Party would participate . |
| 29 | Although it had been initially stated that the elections would be held in September , they were then postponed to Nov. 4 , with a second round if necessary on Nov. 25 . |
| 30 | On Feb. 4 Hor Nam Hong announced that it was the last extension of the Assembly 's mandate , and that elections would be held in 1992 with or without a political settlement . |