Sentence examples for closed party from inspiring English sources

It can't flourish for too long in deals behind closed party doors.

Closed party conferences allow relatively few lawmakers to control legislative business.

How is it going to work?" Democrats said the outline of the compromise would be presented to senators at a closed party meeting Tuesday.

An attempt to explain the rubric: Sixty per cent of seats will be elected via closed party lists on a proportional-representation system.

Candidates would run on closed party lists in which names near the top have the best chance of a seat (men and women would alternate in priority).

Delegates will actually be selected in closed party caucuses on March 7, where Mr. Gore will be favored because of his broad support among unions and party activists.

A closed party-list voting system means that their lackeys can slip into parliament unchallenged.

But in 2007 the state decided to hold federal elections under the closed party-primary system.

The list also includes parliamentary committees with real powers of oversight and investigation, in place of tame, government-controlled bodies; primary elections to select parliamentary candidates, superseding the closed, party-run selection system that operates now; and a return to the old traditions of cabinet government, ministerial accountability and civil service independence.

The ANP has announced it will only hold small, closed-door party gatherings.

The prime minister repeated the "efficiency dividend" argument during the closed-door party meeting of Liberal and National MPs on Wednesday.