Sentence examples for obtained a mandate from inspiring English sources

Abetz reaffirmed Tony Abbott's promise that any recommendations the government decided to support would not be implemented before the Coalition obtained a mandate at the next election.

"The elected representatives of Donetsk and Luhansk regions obtained a mandate to hold negotiations with central Ukrainian authorities to solve problems … via a political dialogue," Russia's deputy foreign minister, Georgy Karasin, said.

Mr. Obama has no hope of obtaining a mandate for a military strike in the United Nations Security Council.

It contained a controversial provision that will require theologians to obtain a mandate from their local bishop certifying that what they are teaching is fully within church doctrine.

Only such a normalised situation, which allows for free political activity, can allow us to consult our people in order to obtain a mandate.

Between now and 2015, then, you must obtain a mandate from the voters and your party to be able to compete in such circumstances.But how to obtain it?

Negotiate; decide; and then obtain a mandate for entry in a referendum, if that is what you recommend.That is the letter of Mr Major's policy on the single currency, and indeed of Tony Blair's, and it is surely the right one.

A 2012 Human Rights Watch report said: In a referendum held in May 2011, president Rafael Correa obtained a popular mandate for constitutional reforms that could significantly increase government powers to constrain media and influence the appointment and dismissal of judges.

"In a referendum held in May 2011, President Rafael Correa obtained a popular mandate for constitutional reforms that could significantly increase government powers to constrain media and influence the appointment and dismissal of judges," Human Rights Watch wrote in its 2011 Ecuador report.

And while Modi has obtained a historic mandate for his economic agenda — the B.J.P. will be the first party in thirty years to have an outright majority in Parliament — there are still widespread concerns that the fruits of economic progress are not being spread widely enough, concerns that more business-friendly reforms are unlikely to alleviate.

William refused but obtained a special mandate from the States General to newly appoint all delegates in the States of these provinces.