Sentence examples for constituencies under from inspiring English sources

On his campaign web site, Obama singles out 16 specific target constituencies under "groups".

Many backbenchers, especially those with rural constituencies under threat from Ukip, are likely to be frustrated by the decision.

Several of the constituencies under the Heathrow flight path are politically marginal; any party that backs a third runway could lose them.

Mr Wingate said a nod for Heathrow from Sir Howard Davies would be a "retrograde step" and "politically undeliverable" because of bitter opposition from senior ministers with constituencies under the flight path – such as the Development Secretary Justine Greening and Chief Treasury Secretary Greg Hands – as well as the London Mayor Boris Johnson and the high-profile Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.

Currently, the Ukrainian national parliament is elected through a mixed election system in which half of the representatives are elected from national closed party lists, while another half are elected from constituencies under first-past-the-post voting.

House of Representatives: Of 480 members, 300 are elected from single seat constituencies under the Single Member Plurality ("First-past-the-post") system, and 180 are elected from eleven separate electoral blocs under the party list system of proportional representation (PR).

Justine Greening, the transport secretary, stood in Putney, a constituency under the flight-path, opposing the expansion of Heathrow.

Jay-Z may have won over the academics, but Ice-T's got another constituency under hip-hop's belt: Mom and Dad.

Youth are central to the process, as they are a provisional constituency under the United Nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) with the observer status.

Opera at Caramoor, likewise, retains a loyal constituency under Will Crutchfield, with deeply researched presentations that are safely in the bel canto tradition and reliably semi-staged, though open to the odd twist.

Writing for National Review Online, David French touted the Florida senator for similar reasons, reminding restive Republicans that "winning a general election means uniting every G.O.P. constituency under one banner, and happily so.