Sentence examples for The yea from inspiring English sources

There will be the yea- and nay-sayers in any debate, and China's economy provokes plenty of both.

In June of 2011, when the Republicans were in control, the "yea" vote was a little less lopsided.

When the question was posed again, this time with the promise of a cash reward for living with the waste, the yea votes plummeted, to 25 percent.

So here's the "yea" side: the forces of urbanization and industrialization unleashed here in the 1970s after the death of Mao Zedong represent a historically singular phase that still has a way to go.

Rep. Tom Lantos is the last person who should be co-authoring a resolution with Rep. Christopher Cox that speaks for the United States Congress about China's human rights abuses ("The Yea and Nay of Beijing's Bid," July 8).

The filing details how Republican senators filtered into the Senate chamber beginning at 10 a.m. on April 20, and left after recording their presence by pressing the "yea" button that turns on a green light next to their names on the Senate board.

"We will have the yea-sayers and the nay-sayers, and it's another illustration of the importance of who sits on which court".

These works aroused much controversy, as did the students' opera Der Jasager (1930; "The Yea-Sayer," with Brecht) and the cantata Der Lindberghflug (1928; "Lindbergh's Flight," with Brecht and Hindemith).

The yeas outnumbered the nays by 53 to 46, but failed to reach the 60-vote supermajority.

Most of the yeas were reported to have been Republicans and Southern Democrats.

Baucus asked for the yeas and nays, and a clerk called the roll at a ragged pace.