Sentence examples for representative gathering from inspiring English sources

Yet Andress also underlines the fact that, throughout these first stages, what was wanted by the great mass of statesmen and by the National Assembly — the makeshift but representative gathering of the people who had declared the Rights of Man — was a constitutional monarchy along British lines.

1938 Hope for Peace Not Lost, Zay Says BLÉRANCOURT — There is still hope that world peace may be preserved and that the present European crisis may be solved without violence, Jean Zay, Minister of National Education, speaking as the representative of the French government, told a representative gathering of American and French veterans today [Sept.

Eight days ago, on a sunny Saturday morning, he took a $14 taxi ride to a meet-your-representative gathering outside a Safeway, they say, and he was armed for slaughter.

A far bigger challenge for Mr. Kim — and another possible cause of the delay — was the task of persuading party representatives gathering after such a long hiatus that he and his son would fix the economy and ease chronic food shortages, said Mr. Kim, the Dongguk analyst.

An amusing and perhaps revealing Saturday Night Live skit would show our representatives gathering in a group therapy session to disclose what's really driving them.

The hope that Mr. Sadr might have resolved to make a turn for peace, and that he had done so in response to appeals from the what was arguably the most representative political gathering held in Iraq in 35 years, added momentum to the Baghdad conference after four days of often chaotic and contentious debate.

The rest of the time he is a party sales representative, organising gatherings to promote the locally sourced jams and cooking utensils he distributes.

This week, much of the globe's attention is focused on the United Nation's Rio +20 Earth Summit, where thousands of international delegates and NGO representatives are gathering to hammer out solutions to an increasingly stressed out, warmed-up world.

The report "South Asia in Action: Preventing and responding to child trafficking" is being launched today as South Asian government and NGO representatives are gathering in Kathmandu to discuss the topic of sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.

The outcome of the caucus here was not necessarily representative of the gatherings to be held on Saturday.

Mr. Campbell proposed gathering representatives of business, academia, unions and environmentalists into a new forum to debate trade policy.