Sentence examples for abstention that from inspiring English sources

A faithless elector from the District of Columbia left her ballot blank to protest Washington's lack of a voting representative in Congress, an abstention that left Mr. Gore with 266 electoral votes, one fewer than he had expected.

I have polled my family and believe that if you accept our terms, we will agree not to default by a vote of 3 2, with one abstention (that would be Isaac, who is seven).

Or when she argues apropos of vegetarianism that we "act as we should when we refuse to eat meat", a form of abstention that seems to draw its rationale from a form of ethical concern whose scope extends far beyond the human social group.

An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted 18 to 4, with one abstention, that the benefits of the drug, lorcaserin, outweighed the risks.

It voted 8 to 2 that the device was safe, and 8 to 1, with one abstention, that the device was effective.

The advisory committee voted 11 to 8, with one abstention, that that study could be done after the drug was approved.The F.D.A. is expected to decideby the end of January whether to approve Contrave.

Last week, they provided 39 of 50 no votes and abstentions that helped the measure fall 3 votes short of the 120 needed for passage.

Meeting in London on Wednesday (Nov. 20), the church's General Synod passed a motion by 378-8, with 25 abstentions, that paves the way for the endorsement of women bishops.

We will consider proportionality in relation to the standard of a 'normal person of reasonable prudence': preconception acts and abstentions that are disproportionately burdensome to such a person will not be morally required.

The Council of the European Union said in a statement issued after the vote — which was 17 to 8, with two abstentions — that the main reason for approving the copyright extension was to benefit performers and songwriters.

At the recommendation of the co-op's lawyer, the former board was convened, and the members decided, in a vote with three abstentions, that only people who had cast ballots at the faulty machine could vote again.