Sentence examples for brought a motion from inspiring English sources

In September 2008 I brought a motion to the student union's general meeting.

Much of the 207-page lawsuit had been heavily redacted, but The New York Times brought a motion in August to make all of the complaint public.

The New York Times brought a motion last month to make public the most recent allegations in the case, which were filed under court seal.

This year, the public prosecutor brought a motion before the Constitutional Court to disband the Democratic Society Party, accusing it of being the P.K.K.'s political wing.

In March, at a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, J. Lorand Matory, a professor of African and African-American studies (he is now at Duke University), brought a motion of no confidence in Summers's leadership.

Earlier this year, the coalition parties in the German Bundestag brought a motion "Strengthening Germany's international attractiveness and efficiency as a scientific and research location for foreign students and young scientists" (Bundestagsdrucksache 14/6209).

"Within two weeks I am going to bring a motion to dismiss this in its entirety," he said.

He added: "We will only bring a motion to this house on which there is some consensus".

As speaker, he said, he could simply ignore any member who wanted to bring a motion to unseat him.It was unprecedented and unsportsmanlike, but effective.

The Turnbull government lost votes on the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday evening after Labor moved to bring a motion calling for a banking royal commission.

David Cameron is expected to bring a motion on military action in Syria to the House of Commons within weeks but the outcome could depend on how Labour MPs choose to vote.