Sentence examples for deputies- from inspiring English sources

Thatcher had to contemplate possible power cuts and a three-day week if the threatened strike by Nacods, the pit deputies' union had gone ahead.

Sherriff's deputies say McElroy was about 100 yards (90 meters) away from the home when he shot the armadillo.

Martin said he did not fear being eclipsed as the main opposition party by Sinn Fein, some of whose Dáil deputies outshine Fianna Fáil ones in debates inside the Irish parliament.

Although this appeal to the parochial record of individual Dail deputies might save a few Fianna Fáil TDs, there is still likely to be a merciless cull of its parliamentarians.

At least half its outgoing 71 deputies will lose their seats as the public punishes the party at the polls.

In the Dáil on Wednesday, one of the parliament's most talented and eloquent deputies, former Labour leader Pat Rabbitte, tormented the Greens for shoring up Fianna Fáil even though the former party was conveniently absent from the chamber at the time.

Deputies say the bullet killed the armadillo, but bounced off the animal, hit a fence, traveled through the back door of the mother-in-law's mobile home and the recliner in which she was sitting, striking her in the back.

Sheriff's deputies told WALB-TV that 54-year-old Larry McElroy fired his 9mm pistol at the armadillo on Sunday night in the southern state of Georgia.

But with a large number of independent deputies likely to be elected, some within Fine Gael are now considering the possibility of doing a deal with them rather than their traditional coalition partner.

The party has already identified five independent deputies it could rely on to build towards the overall majority target figure of 83.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews distanced itself from the decree, saying the letter was from a marginal and unaffiliated group.