Sentence examples for session members from inspiring English sources

But once parliament is in session, members of the opposition could be bought off with promises of money or positions.

At the first session, members had to swear allegiance to the constitution — a constitution that, paradoxically, they had been elected to help rewrite.

Twice during the post-match interview session, members of the Australian team applauded O'Toole as she sat at the other end of the table.

Last week during a parliamentary session, members of Golden Dawn shouted at their Socialist colleagues, calling them thieves who had stolen from the country for 20 years.

During a recent session, members formed a sitting circle, perched on low wooden stools and placed their hands on their hearts, swaying as they sang a communal tune.

Despite a round-the-clock weekend negotiating session, members of the House of Representatives ignored a last-ditch appeal from George Bush by rejecting the rescue scheme on an initial count by 228 votes to 205.

In these sessions, members of her work unit would stand up and reveal to their colleagues anything that they had done wrong.

The legislature consists of the Senate, with 35 members, and the House of Representatives, with 105 members, who meet annually in regular sessions; members of both chambers are elected for four-year terms.

In a pair of back-to-back classified sessions, members of the House and Senate were briefed by Mr. Rumsfeld; Secretary of State Colin L. Powell; Gen. Richard B. Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dov S. Zakheim, the Pentagon comptroller.

During sessions, members may speak after being called on by the President.

In the final week of the face-to-face sessions, members are asked to document several short- to medium-term SMART goals that they can work on.