Sentence examples for reach a quorum from inspiring English sources

A similar referendum on changing the electoral system narrowly failed to reach a quorum last year.

Similarly, bacteria, when they reach a quorum, may activate and attack in mass.

(In 1990, a referendum on hunting regulations and the use of pesticides also failed to reach a quorum).

On Monday, there were not enough lawmakers to reach a quorum, so Parliament was adjourned until Jan . 3

In one case, just last month, the court failed to reach a quorum of six members, largely because of justices' stock holdings.

But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee and a former senior adviser to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, refused to participate.

None of the six referendums held in the past decade has reached a quorum.

In what some might construe as a loophole, only nine men were allowed in the room behind the green divider, to avoid reaching a quorum.

When a specific cell-density threshold is reached, a quorum is perceived, gene expression profiles are altered and the community orchestrates activities that are more effective en masse.

Thus, the two cooperative negative feedback loops determine the point at which V. harveyi has reached a quorum and control the range of AIs over which the transition occurs.

Mr. Díaz, who had purposely missed previous meetings in order to prevent the panel from reaching a quorum, says that meeting was informal, without a roll call ever being taken.