Sentence examples for rejected a change from inspiring English sources

UK voters have rejected a change to the voting system by an overwhelming majority, delivering a defeat to Nick Clegg's party after heavy election losses.

A pilot can reject a change.

LONDON — A Church of England synod on Tuesday voted against the appointment of women as bishops, rejecting a change that has been debated intensely and often bitterly for the past decade.

It asks voters to support or reject a change to the 78-year-old document which reads: "Marriage may be contracted in accordance with law by two persons without distinction as to their sex".

Under Mr. Maisano's proposal, a municipality would need one vote more than a simple majority to approve a project that county planners oppose -- or to reject a change the planners recommend.

In 1995, voters rejected a proposed change to "West Park" by 156 votes.

The country's parliament rejected a proposed change to the abortion law to legalise terminations in fatal foetal abnormality cases in February.

Mr. Belluscio noted that voters in New Brunswick rejected a proposed change from an appointed board to elected one, while those in Elizabeth voted not to keep their elected board.

The idea, much touted by the advocates of the Great Fragmentation thesis, that the British people, who rejected a modest change in the voting system in 2011, would have supported Irish-style proportional representation in multi-member constituencies if that had been on the ballot paper, is fantasy (and a fantasy that might well have delivered a Tory-Ukip government this year).

The federal panel initially rejected a request to change the name in 2001 after local opposition, but found enough support to approve the more recent change.

Residents of West Paterson rejected a proposal to change the borough's name, 2,317 to 1,707.