Seats
Meanings and phrases
seats
- an area that includes places where several people can sit; seating; seating room; seating area
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- In a classroom there are a certain number of seats.
- The church is of long plan and has 250 number of seats.
- Total number of seats on the Council after the elections:
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- Labour took control of the Council after winning a comfortable majority of seats.
- Before the election, the Labour Party held a majority of seats on Oxford City Council.
- Labour members held a majority of seats on both authorities until their abolition in 1996.
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- FRELIMO will hold 160 of the parliamentary seats, RENAMO 90.
- The party got five parliamentary seats.
- The party got six parliamentary seats.
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- It has no seats in the Parliament of Ghana at present.
- We Are Family took just over 3% and no seats.
- In the 1972 election the party won no seats.
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- It had a V8 from Chrysler positioned behind the two front seats.
- The front seats could be adjusted.
- In an interior revision, captain's chair front seats became an option.
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- One third of the council seats were up for election.
- In the Senate, 40 of the 76 seats were up for election.
- The previous time the seats were up for election was 22 May 2014.
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- The two seats up for elections were Hobart and Prosser.
- Twelve district councils have all of their seats up for election.
- The arena seats up to 5,900 for concerts; the arena floor measures .
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- Plans have been made to make 4,000 more seats in the west stand.
- In the other six provinces it ran a joint list with Unie 55+ which won more seats.
- In the 2004 local elections, they secured four more seats, including three in Epping.
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- There are only two bucket seats with 4-point seat belts.
- Some swivel seats are also bucket seats.
- The WRX STI has Recaro style bucket seats and a MOMO steering wheel.
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- The church seats about 600 people.
- The church seats about 550 people.
- The church seats about 500 people.
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- One third of the council seats were up for election.
- Darcy Kuenzi and Sue Kristjansson lost their council seats.
- The total number of council seats was reduced from 50 to 46.
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- (60 kWh batteries are located under the rear seats.
- Sigma SE offered equipment including five-position, reclining rear seats.
- The rear seats face aft.
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- Khan's Movement for Justice failed to win any seats.
- Her party did not win any seats during the election.
- It got 585 votes, but failed to win any seats.
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- Democrats from Washington lost the most seats (5).
- This helped ensure the government's capture of the most seats.
- The 1918 election gave Labour the most seats in the house to date.
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- 15 of the members were appointed to new seats in 1999.
- The playing pitch was modernized and new seats were installed.
- Two of the new seats were won by Democrats, one by a Republican.
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- This whole process is repeated until all seats are filled.
- Ticket prices for all seats in the Rose Bowl were listed at $145.
- Beginning in 1964, all seats were up for election every two years.
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- Unlike the New Yorker, leather seats were standard.
- Maroon and blue leather seats were first offered in 1991 (1992 model year) through the end of production.
- The sleeper coaches cost £5 million to build, and have 53 leather seats which can be converted into 42 bunk beds.
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- It had won 10 of 25 elected seats in the legislative council.
- In 1926 three elected seats were created on the Administrative Council.
- Republicans hold six of the eight elected seats on the Alabama State Board of Education.
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- It holds no seats in parliament at present.
- The bloc did not pass the threshold to win any seats in parliament.
- In order to get into power, parties need to get a total of 50% of the 121 seats in parliament – 61.
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- Ceuta and Melilla elected two seats each.
- They range from 3-16 seats each according to department population size.
- People's Justice Party (PKR) and the National Trust Party (Amanah) will contest 12 seats each.
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- It entered in the 1971 elections, and won two seats.
- In 1966 the party won two seats in the Senate.
- Fatherland for All, a small left-wing party, won two seats.
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- Each party's vote in each district was divided by this amount to determine the number of seats won outright.
- If the number of votes cast per party is divided by the number of seats won, the effect on party representation is underscored.
- The "Local Government Chronicle" described Labour as 'well placed to regain control' by winning the seats won by UKIP councillors in 2014.
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- There are 910 seats available for undergraduate admission.
- Jane Sanders Stadium opened March 24, 2016, with 1,500 permanent seats available.
- This policy is in place to keep seats available for passengers making longer trips.
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- Each party contested five of the ten seats in the state.
- In the 1920 election, the party won ten seats (3.6% of the nationwide vote).
- Seven of the ten seats on Vancouver City Council also went to Robertson's Vision Vancouver party.
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- It also won seats in the Dutch Senate.
- Some Kurdish politicians won seats during the Syrian elections in 1990.
- None of the senatorial candidates in the party won seats in the Senate.
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- Administrative county seats are shown in bold.
- One of the county seats was taken by Newport's uncle, Richard Corbet.
- Railroads reached most county seats by around 1920 and shaped development significantly.
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- In the 1972 elections the party won two additional seats.
- The trains also offer 8 additional seats for a total of 390.
- Seventy seats are offered and ten additional seats are allocated to foreign nationals.
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- In the last European Parliament election in 2014, Sinn Féin won 3 seats coming second in seats and third in votes with 19.5% of the vote up 8.3%.
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- A total of seven lists comprising 67 candidates will compete for the reserved seats.
- The five reserved seats are separated one for each governorate of: Baghdad, Duhok, Erbil, Kirkuk and Nineveh.
- The elections were historic as it was the first time the parliamentary elections had reserved seats for the Assyrian minority.
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- The remaining 4 seats were won by the Left Front parties.
- Two of the new seats were won by Democrats, one by a Republican.
- Six of the new seats were won by Democrats, three by Republicans.
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- The Protectionist Party was defending three seats.
- The Anti-Socialist Party was defending three seats.
- The Nationalist Party was defending three seats.
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- He held both seats until the ending of the dual mandate in 2003.
- Hawaii gained a second seat at reapportionment and elected both seats at-large.
- Labour held both seats at the May 2012 county council elections and Plaid Cymru gained one back in May 2017.
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- The number of seats allocated is proportional to the popular national vote, and this determines the cut-off point.
- In constituencies with three or more seats, closed list proportional representation is used, with seats allocated using the largest remainder method.
- The party that wins the run-off will be given the additional seats required for a 54% majority, with all seats allocated in the first round preserved.
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- Other parties hold the remaining seats.
- The remaining seats were won by independents or by smaller parties.
- In 2014 the Liberal Democrats lost all their remaining seats on the Council.
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- 27 seats were contested in Western Cape province.
- The last time these seats were contested was in 2014.
- Five fewer seats were contested because of boundary changes.
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- Many of these elected officials lost their seats in 1982.
- Most of the urban liberals and all female delegates lost their seats.
- The new party did not participate in the 2003 elections, and both lost their seats.
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- Most -200Bs had an internally stretched upper deck, allowing for up to 16 passenger seats.
- One coach was converted into a workshop with all passenger seats removed and workbench facilities installed.
- Any aircraft with 30 passenger seats or more, or over landing weight requires prior permission from the Airport Director to land.
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- A total of 850 candidates ran for the 91 available seats.
- She was one of three candidates for two available seats on the school board.
- In a race for three available seats, he finished third among four candidates.
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- In the 2009 election, the party won three seats.
- BJP won four while INC won three seats of seven vacant seats.
- At the 1978 municipal elections, Manof won three seats in the Netanya city council.
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- There is a waiting room with bench seats and a cycle rack.
- All furniture was homemade and consisted mostly of just plain bench seats.
- There are three bench seats accommodating up to nine people though models to seat six and twelve passengers were available.
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- He was one of 16 UNITA candidates to win seats in the election.
- Tassoua was one of three FDN candidates to win seats in the election.
- The majority of the 111 lists that competed in the election did not win seats.
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- It received 7.25% of the votes, and accordingly was allocated 3 of the 45 additional seats reserved for women.
- Bal Thackeray got seats reserved in engineering colleges for the children of these Kashmiri Pandits in Maharashtra.
- Hayes' wife and daughter mistakenly sat in seats reserved for white customers in a shoe store in Rome, Georgia, 1942.
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- The Democratic Labor Party was defending two seats.
- The Anti-Socialist Party was defending two seats.
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- In the recent 2011 general election, it managed to capture 81 of 87 seats contested.
- This, however, did not stop Labour winning a comfortable majority of the seats contested.
- In the elections to the State Legislature in 1945 it won 12, of the 19 seats contested by its candidates.
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- Two rows of seats have room for five passenger.
- The lower zone had 27 rows of seats and the upper one only 8.
- The further variant GAZ-69A (UAZ-69A) has four doors, folding canvas top and two rows of seats.