Sentence examples for and while the vote from inspiring English sources

And while the vote had to be respected in the short term, the country in its own best interests had to proceed cautiously.

And while the vote wound up yesterday at a spirited, and sometimes rowdy, shareholder meeting in Silicon Valley, the matter has not been conclusively settled.

Artists are eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record, and while the voting process officially considers musical impact and contributions, let's call it what it really is: a popularity contest.

Privacy, his 2014 play, was inspired by the Edward Snowden revelations and explored the digital age and surveillance state, while The Vote was set in a polling station in the final 90 minutes of a general election.

This was the big test, because it required sixty votes — and got sixty-three — while the vote to actually pass the repeal only requires fifty.

In fact, the exiting MPs would sneak down into the Guy Fawkes cellar and hide for a while until the vote was called – then you sprang your ambush.

LONDON — World leaders sought comfort from the familiar on Wednesday after President Obama's re-election but, with the global political landscape substantially unchanged and crises on hold while the vote unfolded, many vied with new vigor for his attention and favor as he embarks on a second term.

And while the no vote won, it did so by a tiny majority of a little more than 60,000 votes, or half a percentage point.

And while the Senate vote today resolved in Mr. Ashcroft's favor the matter of whether he would get the job, it did little to settle the question of whether Mr. Bush had gained as much as he had lost.

There was speculation that the two Queensland board members voted for Morris, the three New South Wales delegates voted for Miller and, while the remainder voted Johnson.

The transaction has a hurdle rate of 75% and Glencore cannot vote its stake while the vote on the retention packages has a 50% pass rate.