Sentence examples for resolutions put forward from inspiring English sources

The board has usually unanimously approved the resolutions put forward by the schools chief, but in this case, Peggy A. Davis, a board member, voted against the consolidations, which were lumped together in a roll-call vote.

"It's been very frustrating that there have been no new ideas or resolutions put forward to actually resolve not only the military conflict but the humanitarian crisis," she told the ABC.

But in the four-hour meeting, Wal-Mart decided that due to "time constraints", it could only devote three minutes to each of the 11 resolutions put forward by shareholders – and that it didn't have time to answer any of the points raised.

Shattering hopes that an expanded Democratic congressional majority and a new Democratic administration might lead to a more moderate foreign policy, the resolutions put forward an extreme reinterpretation of international humanitarian law, apparently designed to exonerate nations with superior firepower from any liability for inflicting large-scale civilian casualties.

Mr. Obama issued a statement calling the resolution, put forward by Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, "a stunt".

Senator Tom Harkin, the Democratic incumbent, said this week that he was open to the revised resolution put forward by the White House but could not guarantee his support.

The resolution was far less broad than the initial resolution put forward by the White House, which members of both parties said was too open-ended and could conceivably allow military action throughout the Middle East.

The society, Britain's second-largest, said yesterday that it had accepted a pro-conversion resolution put forward by rebel member Stephen Major, and this would be put to members before the annual general meeting in April.

After an hour-long discussion, the board approved, by a 3-2 votwo(two members were absent), a resolution put forward by Keys: every school would offer, every day, a wordless, instrumental version of the national anthem.

One way round a possible veto would be to invoke the UN's "uniting for peace" resolution, put forward by the United States in 1950 to overcome the Soviet veto on military intervention in Korea.

On 7 September, shareholders are set to vote on a resolution put forward by the Unite union, calling for an independent review of "human capital management" including the living wage, safe and secure working, guaranteed hours and trade union representation.