Sentence examples for delegation sought from inspiring English sources

The Japanese delegation sought the 30-degree northern limit, meaning that almost all of Japan's waters are excluded.

Mr. Moran and other members of Virginia's Congressional delegation sought legislation limiting the number of cars that could be parked at the Mark Center.

A government delegation sought to defuse tensions in the volatile North Kivu region and get the peace process back on track through negotiation.

Ms. Maloney was also one of the first New York lawmakers to sharply question President George W. Bush's commitment to paying for the reconstruction of Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, even as senior members of the state's Congressional delegation sought to avoid antagonizing the White House.

"Those present also articulated the interests of the local unionist community and discussed issues expressed by nationalist residents, as the delegation sought to understand why the parade was opposed".

The People's Delegation sought democratic socialism based on the Finnish Social Democratic ethos; their visions differed from Lenin's dictatorship of the proletariat.

A Chinese delegation seeking natural-gas drilling rights from an Arab prince arrives speaking fluent Arabic, in contrast to Matt Damon's American energy analyst, who knows only a few pleasantries.

And she was a leading campaigner for women's suffrage, for which she gave speeches and even met with President Woodrow Wilson as part of a compact delegation seeking (and winning) his support.

Richard himself visited Essex, where he met with a rebel delegation seeking confirmation of the grants the King had given at Mile End.

The three members of the delegation seeking to meet with the International Olympic Committee are Tom Tresser, Rhoda Whitehorse and Martin Macias, Jr. Here's how we were described in the press release from June 16.

This allegation at a critical juncture undercut the aspiration of achieving a two-state solution -- the Jewish state of Israel and a Palestinian state -- and proved devastating to the left-of-center Israeli delegation seeking a compromise that would serve the interests of both peoples.