Sentence examples for of a recess from inspiring English sources

Dr Barrasso may be "insulted" by Mr Obama's use of a recess appointment, but the procedure is hardly unusual.

He stands facing them in a little whitewashed brick cave of a recess, well out of sight of the march.

Democrats, who would need 60 lawmakers to bring a vote on a nominee, have floated the prospect of a recess appointment.

Wilson's nominations, submitted on the eve of a recess, were expected to meet with resistance, just as soon as Congress got around to considering them.

And so it was that a sculptural group covered in soot and dead spiders was dragged out of a recess concealed by a monumental commode.

President Obama left open the option of a recess appointment, although Republicans have thwarted that tactic recently by staying in rump sessions.

Analogue models were designed to study the influence of such a recess on a ductile-brittle multilayer.

Beyond the legal arguments, the statements made by Boehner and McConnell conveniently overlook some history; for example, Teddy Roosevelt made a series of recess appointments during a recess of less than a day (indeed, in a matter of seconds), not the 10 days cited by McConnell.

After looking at the history of presidential recess appointments, and finding only a few "anomalies" where chief executives made appointments during short Senate breaks of 8 or 9 days, the majority settled on a number: We conclude, in light of historical practice, that a recess of more than 3 days but less than 10 days is presumptively too short to fall within the Clause.

Results showed that the current efficiency could be enhanced from 40.7 cd/A of a planar device to 47.2 cd/A of the device with a recess depth of 100 nm and a recess coverage ratio of 14.1%.

TO LOSE one member of parliament during a recess is a reverse.