Sentence examples for mandate was given from inspiring English sources

So, if a national "mandate" was given, it makes more sense to describe it as a demand for more reform, not less.There were two big exceptions to the anti-incumbency rule: Communist-run West Bengal, and Bihar, whose Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) is the second-largest party in the ruling coalition.

No mandate was given for the delegation to vote or engage the signature of the European Union (EU).

The 'Don't pet the puppies!' mandate was given because the animal trainers didn't want the dogs to get too excited or lose their focus on the commands they were taught so they would perform on cue.

But I think that it must be established very soon that the Commission bears the central responsibility, and that like the mandate it was given for negotiations with third countries, the Commission must also be given a mandate to consider these aspects.

What we did do, and this was the mandate I was given when I arrived, was to pursue iron ore.

Only then can the British people work out whether the government is exceeding the mandate it was given".

The appointed chair of this office, the mandate he was given or the Chancellor for how he interpreted its recommendations?

The heart of the board's dispute with Dr. Herbert involves differing opinions about the mandate he was given when he was hired in July 1998.

We somewhat expanded the original mandate that was given to us -- namely to commemorate the fighting man, the man who won the war for America and for the world.

Mr. Berlusconi is accused of bribing judges to gain control of a state-owned food company in the 1980's, but he said in a television address today that he would carry on as prime minister even if convicted, "right to the very end without ever betraying the mandate I was given by my electorate".

I was extremely critical of the Port Authority for building the World Trade Center when it should have used its cash from automobile crossings to support mass transportation, the mandate the authority was given when it was created in 1919.