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Example sentences for "votes against"

  • The question was then put, and carried, by 43 votes against 19, and the house adjourned till four o'clock.

  • As a result the Social Democrats at a party congress somewhat vaguely declared, by 90 votes against 58, their willingness to accept the responsibility of government, jointly with the Left.

  • The motion was adopted by 40 votes against 9.

  • The motion was defeated by 72 votes against 21.

  • The amendment was adopted by 24 votes against 12.

  • The motion was carried by 27 votes against 1, "the Conservatives having vacated their seats, leaving only Mr. H.

  • The motion was carried by 28 votes against 19.

  • This resolution was adopted by 73 votes against 23.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "votes against" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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