Sentence examples for conventions called for from inspiring English sources
Staging conventions called for curtain calls after each act, and even the continuity-shattering practice of having singers bow following their arias.
This system of constitutional sovereignty was made more complex by the fact that the authority to propose changes in the Constitution and to approve them was vested not only in Congress but also in states and in special conventions called for that purpose.
Rules are conventions and some conventions call for going rogue.
As someone who has spent many years in the halls of Congress and United Nations climate conventions calling for strong climate action, this diverse, public, outspoken, and in-the-streets action was a beautiful, incredible feat that signals a tipping point in the climate movement that policymakers will not be able to ignore.
A few pastors in the convention called for Mr. Land's punishment or removal, and in the end he apologized and was sharply reprimanded by the church.
For example, one plank of the platform presented at the Republican convention called for the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act.
One-year volunteers bolstered the line army after the outbreak of war, and in March 1793 the Convention called for an additional 300,000 soldiers, with quotas to be provided by each département.
The subsequent Li Fournier Convention called for the admittance of French trade through the Tonkin area, the withdrawal of Chinese troops from the area, and the recognition of French rights in Tonkin.
The Genocide Convention called for an optional international criminal court, making it difficult to sanction genocide as defined in article II(c) as deliberately inflicting upon a group conditions of life calculated to bring about its partial destruction.
