Sentence examples for because no delegates were from inspiring English sources

The Romney campaign argued that the contest was meaningless because no delegates were at stake.

For weeks, the Romney campaign has forcefully argued that Mr. Santorum's victory in the Missouri primary last month was meaningless because no delegates were awarded.

He criticized an attempt by Mr. Romney's aides to play down the results of Tuesday's races because no delegates were awarded.

MIAMI — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won the Florida Democratic primary on Tuesday, a contest that generated extraordinary voter interest even though the result will have no practical impact because no delegates were at stake.

The fight was renewed Sunday when aides to Mrs. Clinton argued that the Florida primary on Tuesday — in which no delegates are at stake, because the state held its primary earlier than allowed by the Democratic National Committee — should nonetheless be viewed as a measure of the strength of the candidates.

"For people to claim that because the delegates weren't seated you can't count the popular vote seems somewhat goofy".

The 1,015-room 1,015-room Hotel, about a block from MadisoNewquare Garden, said its delegate business was 40 percent less than it had anticipated because fewer delegates were bringing their families and more were doubling up, said Kevin H. Smith, the hotel's general manager.

At the Constitutional Convention, no one argued that the Supreme Court Justices ought to be popularly elected, not because the delegates were unconcerned about judicial independence but because there wasn't a great deal of support for the popular election of anyone, including the President (hence, the electoral college).

Officials said they wanted to avoid further debate and go straight to voting because delegates were tired of the politicking and time wasting.

That's because delegates were fed huge buffet breakfasts at their hotels, then sent to other hotels for lunches and then attended a series of meetings that resembled nothing so much as a weeklong smorgasbord, with enough hors d'oeuvres and satay to feed the Russian Army.

She said that it was a highly successful conference, mainly, because the responsibilities of the delegates were confined to making recommendations.