Sentence examples for mandate to return from inspiring English sources

Pope Benedict XVI has taken as a mandate to return Christianity to a central place in European thinking, and current events have provided an opportunity as well as an evident challenge.

Approval of the trade pact, which came after a brawl last month in a divided Parliament, gives Taiwan negotiators a stronger mandate to return to the table with China for talks on further tariff reductions and other economic cooperation.

Corbyn has repeatedly called for unity but has infuriated some MPs by refusing to sign up to proposals for elections to the shadow cabinet, which some believe would give them a mandate to return to the frontline.

BERLIN — Voters in Slovakia gave the left-wing former prime minister Robert Fico a sweeping mandate to return to power after less than two years in opposition, as results released Sunday showed that his party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary election on Saturday.

PAGE A4 LEFTISTS WIN IN SLOVAKIA Voters in Slovakia gave the left-wing former prime minister Robert Fico a sweeping mandate to return to power after less than two years in opposition, as results released showed that his party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary election.

For New Yorkers, it is probably none too early to get used to the idea that the hometown favorite, the man with the mandate to return the cup to the Manhattan lair of the New York Yacht Club, is Dennis Conner.

— Dr Luthando Adams (@DrLuthando) 16 Aug 12 Events at #Lonmin are truly horrific, but before we condemn SAPS, lets not forget they're mandated to return fire when lives are threatened — Nickolaus Bauer (@NICKolausBAUER) 16 Aug 12 Most news networks claim police shot innocent miners.

Parents were actively encouraged, but could not be mandated to return all empty vials.

Possible reforms include caps on pay, greater use of stock compensation and mandates to return more money to shareholders, rather than workers.

Companies and their directors are mandated to shareholders to return profits -- not protect the long-term health of those that consume their products, protect children from obesity or be concerned with the environmental outfall of their food processing.

Antawn Jamison joined the team in February, Shaquille O'Neal sat out the final 23 games of the regular season because of a thumb injury and Zydrunas Ilgauskas did not play for more than a month while waiting the mandated period to return to the Cavaliers after being traded.