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Example sentences for "candidature"

Lexicographically close words:
candell; candid; candidacy; candidate; candidates; candidly; candidum; candidus; candied; candies
  1. Benedetti then, as in duty bound, asked permission to inform his Government that the King would undertake that the candidature should not be resumed at any time.

  2. The peace of Füssen followed on the 22nd of April, by which he secured his hereditary states on condition of supporting the candidature of the grand-duke Francis, consort of Maria Theresa.

  3. The elector of Bavaria's candidature for the imperial dignity was to be supported by a French "auxiliary" army, and other French forces were sent to observe Hanover.

  4. That was the way the leaders of the organization to which Forrester belonged looked at the candidature of Wingfield.

  5. Her uncle John Elliot was successful in his candidature of Hawick.

  6. The count having left no heir, Louis VI of France upheld the claim of William of Normandy, but the burgesses, fearing that the duke would not maintain their privileges, opposed his candidature and selected Thierry of Alsace.

  7. The candidature of the Duke of Nemours, son of Louis Philippe, had then been considered, and by a narrow majority of two votes the Belgian Congress decided in his favour.

  8. The conservative Powers favoured the candidature of the Prince of Orange, hoping thus to restore in the future the union of the two countries.

  9. Amongst the multitude of papers hostile to Mr Bradlaugh's candidature for Parliamentary honours in 1868 was one called the Razor.

  10. Some time before anything definite had been said as to my father's candidature at the forthcoming elections in 1868, it was regarded as so much of a certainty that people began spontaneously to subscribe towards his election expenses.

  11. Captain Maxse was amongst the subscribers to the expenses of this contest, and he wrote that he regarded Mr Bradlaugh's candidature as a national one.

  12. Footnote 155: Though Cæsar has been mentioned before in regard to his candidature for the consulship, and in connexion with the Clodius case, this is the first reference to him as a statesman.

  13. Once he became a candidate for governor, in 1876, but his candidature was a forlorn hope, undertaken from a sense of duty after the regular nominee had withdrawn.

  14. Under the Second Empire he published a liberal anti-imperial paper at Brussels, Le Bulletin francais, and in 1863 he actively supported the candidature of Prevost Paradol.

  15. He failed in his candidature for the aedileship, figured as one of the witnesses in the trial of Sextius, in which he showed great animosity against the accused, and against Cicero who defended him.

  16. Domitius Ahenobarbus, excited by Cato, his brother-in-law, persisted in his candidature to the last moment.

  17. Then Milo sought to appease Pompey, by offering to desist from his candidature for the consulship.

  18. This competition, opposed to the spirit of the time and to the powerful instincts which were in play, had no chance of success: the candidature of Cato was defeated without difficulty.

  19. The clever manoeuvres of Cicero had such success that, when Marcellus proposed to concert with the tribunes of the people on the means of opposing the candidature of Caesar, the majority of the Senate gave their opinion to the contrary.

  20. That Bismarck invented the Hohenzollern candidature the evidence is not conclusive.

  21. Under these circumstances it is our duty to represent the immense responsibility which will rest upon France, if she does not at once accept as satisfactory and conclusive, the withdrawal of the candidature of Prince Leopold.

  22. Should they say that the candidature was withdrawn, and that with this withdrawal we had a right to hope the whole affair would end, but that communications were still continued with Prussia?

  23. Hohenzollern candidature had come upon him like a thunderbolt, and that they must confer about it.

  24. I fear that the candidature and poor Hélène's imprudence in talking are the cause of this cruel persecution.

  25. When he heard of his candidature he looked grave.

  26. Norman Macleod took a very active part in promoting Sir Robert Peel's candidature for the Lord Rectorship, which led to this brilliant gathering, must be our excuse for dwelling upon it at such length.

  27. His candidature for the City of Glasgow, in 1868, was promoted by the local branch of the Reform League, conjointly with the trade delegates, who held a conference to deliberate on the matter.

  28. Probably it is a mistake arising from the fact of Bedford's early candidature for the hand of Jacqueline.

  29. The new government, as a preliminary to military and naval reorganization, introduced a law directed against the candidature of military officers for parliament.

  30. I mean that Hutchings has withdrawn his candidature as Mayor.

  31. Withdraw your candidature for Mayor as a Democrat.

  32. Does an honest man resign a candidature on the morning of an election, and give the other side the news before his own party?

  33. But the restrictions upon his candidature were suspended, and he was elected consul for 147 B.

  34. However, to secure his election, he had to be exempted from presenting himself in person for his candidature in 49, and this permission was accorded him by a tribunician law early in 52 B.

  35. The Senate resisted their claims, for Pompey's candidature was clearly unconstitutional, and since Crassus was praetor in 71 he was not eligible for the consulate in the following year.

  36. It was all we could expect from him, for Dufaure had acted vigorously against him, and had spoken almost outrageously of his candidature no longer than six months ago, while both Lanjuinais and myself had openly voted for his opponent.

  37. To Quarrier's candidature no one within the party offered the least opposition.

  38. By that time the whole truth will be known, of course, and Mr. Quarrier's candidature will be impossible.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "candidature" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.