Sentence examples for a negative vote from inspiring English sources

A negative vote could delay justice for four or even eight years.

In Britain and Poland, the voters' mood currently points to a negative vote.

A negative vote can lead to bad publicity or the ouster of directors.

A negative vote, it says, could lead to a diplomatic standoff with Beijing and instability in Asia.

Strategists are hopeful that even a negative vote might be enough to keep the European judges at bay.

Still, it would be highly unusual for the agency to immediately approve a drug after a negative vote.

In 1652 the notorious and often misunderstood practice of liberum veto (free veto) appeared: a single negative vote by a member of the Sejm was considered sufficient to block the proceedings.

While the F.D.A. does not have to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels, it is highly unusual for it to approve a drug that receives a strong negative vote.

"You've got to let him have a veto, or at least a strong negative vote".

The concept sounds reasonable but in practice could present a boards of directors with the Hobson's choice of standing fast in the face of a significant negative vote by shareholders on a compensation package (risking their wrath at election time) or reducing the proposed level of compensation (risking a significant loss of executives).

On this question, there was just a single negative vote.