Sentence examples for Reaching a quorum from inspiring English sources

In what some might construe as a loophole, only nine men were allowed in the room behind the green divider, to avoid reaching a quorum.

Mr. Díaz, who had purposely missed previous meetings in order to prevent the panel from reaching a quorum, says that meeting was informal, without a roll call ever being taken.

controversial proposal to strip away collective bargaining rights from public employees is currently stalled, thanks to Senate Democrats who left the state in order to prevent their GOP colleagues from reaching a quorum needed to move forward.

This may in part be related to the effects upon QS whereby increased efflux activity may increase the transport of efflux pump-dependent QS molecules (pro-virulent) but other QS molecules may be exported from within a cell preventing the concentration of these molecules reaching a quorum (and so inhibit virulence).

A similar referendum on changing the electoral system narrowly failed to reach a quorum last year.

None of the six referendums held in the past decade has reached a quorum.

Similarly, bacteria, when they reach a quorum, may activate and attack in mass.

(In 1990, a referendum on hunting regulations and the use of pesticides also failed to reach a quorum).

On Monday, there were not enough lawmakers to reach a quorum, so Parliament was adjourned until Jan . 3

In one case, just last month, the court failed to reach a quorum of six members, largely because of justices' stock holdings.

When a specific cell-density threshold is reached, a quorum is perceived, gene expression profiles are altered and the community orchestrates activities that are more effective en masse.