Sentence examples for abstention on from inspiring English sources

After months of debate, the Suffolk Legislature passed the bill by a vote of 12 to 5, with one abstention, on Feb. 11.

The ambiguous three-line resolution, which was adopted unanimously (with one abstention) on Oct. 22, 1973, called upon all parties to cease hostilities within 12 hours and to implement UN Resolution 242 (1967) "in all its parts".

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She voted in both division lobbies to make what she called a "principled abstention" on the issue.

She has distanced herself from Iran, saying that she disagreed with Brazil's previous abstention on votes condemning the country's human-rights record.

So both also denounced the United States's abstention on the United Nations Security Council's resolution censuring Israel for what it called the excessive use of force against Palestinians.

The General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 1960 with no votes against but abstentions from all major colonial powers.

A series of abstentions on key votes at the United Nations has frustrated western diplomats who complain of India's apparent lack of any guiding vision.

The Catalan regional government voted to ban bullfighting in the northeastern region last July, by 68 votes to 55, with nine abstentions, on the grounds it is cruel and outdated.

Recent surveys indicate that backers of the centrist candidate, François Bayrou, who ran fifth in the first round, will split about 50-50 in the runoff, so the race may be decided by turnout and abstentions on the far right and far left.

Members of the lower house voted 380-26 witwotwo abstentions on Saturday, a day after the Senate approved the measures that have now been signed into law.