He secured a seat with a wall at his back.

Could he secure a seat on one of the government's task forces?

These performances were not enough to secure a seat for the 2005 season.

When they do, a gift is often required to secure a seat.

The current use of cards to secure seats came later.

I have, for instance, been able to secure four empty seats on 747's much of the time.

To secure a seat then, a candidate had to win at least 25 percent of the votes.

During the most recent elections on 2 April 2006, it didn't secure a seat.

Nobody else from the party were able to secure seats in the 9th Parliament either.

The joint list secured 5 seats on 5.2% of the vote.