Sentence examples for reject an effort from inspiring English sources
The vote was on whether to reject an effort to lift the five-year-old prohibition completely.
The general assembly of 1,500 male ministers and church elders voted two to one to reject an effort by some conservative members to label as exceptions interpretations that do not support the literal view.
Patent consultantFlorian Mueller's bloghighlights that in December a California-based judge had used similar grounds to reject an effort by Apple to seek a design patent related injunction against Samsung in the US.
WASHINGTON -- A dozen state attorneys general are urging the Senate to reject an effort by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to strip the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals of three of its seats and therefore prevent President Barack Obama from filling vacant judgeships on the court.
A British judge has rejected an effort to ban school showings of "An Inconvenient Truth," the Academy Award-winning documentary, directed by Davis Guggenheim, about Al Gore's quest to spur action against global warming, Agence France-Presse reported.
(Mr. Harling said he rejected an effort to rename the series "Good Christian Belles").
The commission rejected an effort to give shareholders greater access to corporate ballots in 1942.
The platform committee even rejected an effort to mention LGBT people as victims of terrorism by Isis.
Just today, the House rejected an effort by Democrats to add billions of dollars more for New York.
In Mississippi, voters rejected an effort to change the state's constitution to guarantee more funding for public schools.
The majority based its ruling on a 1972 Supreme Court decision, Branzburg v. Hayes, which rejected an effort by a reporter to avoid testifying before a grand jury.
