Sentence examples for a plebiscite of from inspiring English sources

And perhaps one day a plebiscite of turkeys will vote for Christmas.

Kiev says no, because it violates Article 73 of Ukraine's constitution which says the state's borders can be changed only after a plebiscite of the entire nation.

The country you live in, the parliamentary democracy that ruled it, for good or bad, has been trumped by a plebiscite of dubious purpose and unacknowledged status.

The Northern Territory senator Nova Peris has thrown her support behind a plebiscite of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on constitutional recognition ahead of a national referendum.

Sigmar Gabriel, the SDP leader, has promised his party that the coalition agreement will be subjected to a plebiscite of the party rank and file.

With a provisional government controlled by the nobleman Bettino Ricasoli working for Italian unification under Piedmont, the Tuscans, in a plebiscite of March 11 12, 1860, voted overwhelmingly for annexation.

To comply with New York Agreement of 1962 which required a plebiscite on integration of West Irian into Indonesia before end of 1969, the Suharto government begin organizing for a so-called "Act of Free Choice" scheduled for July August 1969.

In truth, though, the prospect of cuts to the dockyard workforce started to loom large in Portsmouth long before the possibility of a plebiscite on Scottish independence, as a simple matter of economics.

But she worries the week's events – and the possibility of a plebiscite on marriage equality – will have repercussions for children of same-sex families.

But Jones said he had received "a stack of correspondence" from people concerned about the divisive effect of a plebiscite on marriage equality as proposed by the Coalition.

India's election in April and May will in part be a plebiscite on a decade of crony capitalism.