The barber was tinkling the metal to canvass for business.

理发师在胡同中敲着唤头招揽生意。

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The party decided to canvass for support of its new policy.

党决定争取民众对它的新政策的支持。

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After a quick canvass of the governors present, I told Strauss the vote would be twenty to four for Carter.

我对在场的各位州长进行了一番简短的游说拉票，接着，我对施特劳斯说，在24个人当中，有20人会投票支持卡特，另外4人不支持。

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But then the man who thought the two MLAs were on the right track added "and you can say that came from a republican", which also was not necessarily that heartening if you are planning to canvass for votes around unionist areas of Lagan Valley or South Down.

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Normally he works on an A4 sized canvass but for Imax it had to be four times this size.

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Volunteers for the National Trust for Historic Preservation canvass neighborhoods to talk to people about the value of their homes, and teach them how to combat mold or remove sheetrock themselves.

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