Sentence examples for mainly elected from inspiring English sources

The moves will form part of a Constitutional Renewal Bill to be introduced this spring and far-reaching reforms to bring in a mainly elected second chamber will be shelved until after the general election.

The government set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, members elected on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one-third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15-year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

A wholly or mainly elected house of Lords.

It's been Conservative policy to have a mainly elected House of Lords since 1999".

Last week, a survey of peers found only 19% in favour of a wholly or mainly elected replacement with 80% against.

"It was in the last three Conservative manifestos, it's been Conservative policy to have a mainly elected House of Lords since 1999.

The precise balance changed over time, with parents particularly playing a greater role, mainly through elected representatives on school governing bodies.

From the opening of the National Convention in September 1792, the Girondins united in opposition to the Montagnards (deputies of the left, mainly newly elected from Paris, who headed the Jacobin dictatorship of 1793 94).

Three parties were elected mainly by the Arab vote, while two - Meretz and Shinui - are supported mainly by European-born Ashkenazi Jews.

2. Male MPs believe they have been elected mainly because they are sexually irresistible.

But Mr Yudhoyono was elected mainly on a promise to fight corruption.