Sentence examples for the referendums of from inspiring English sources

The referendums of consequence, which tackle issues that politicians refuse to legislate on themselves, rarely have anything to do with money (at least directly).

The great victories in the referendums of the 1970s and '80s on divorce and abortion would have been impossible without the agitation of the feminist movement.

It also may be the end of an era in Quebec politics, highlighted by the referendums of 1980 and 1995 on the issue of separation from Canada.

It may lead to ever closer union for a while, but every moment in history says that, at some time, such hauteur will be swept aside, as it almost was in the referendums of 2005.

A lot of Quebeckers who see the PQ as a desirable government for their province, and may support independence in some abstract way, have little appetite for another bout of angst and turmoil of the sort that convulsed Quebec and divided families and friends in the referendums of 1980 and 1995.

Yeltsin's gamble paid off in the referendum of April 25.

The population of Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for independence in the referendum of December 1 , 1991

This depiction, which intensified in the build-up to the referendum, of course predated it.

The competition between the two men sharpened after the referendum of 2011 that led to South Sudan's secession from Sudan.

"Very many MPs accept and respect the referendum of course, but the terms upon which we exit are vitally important.

Even before the rains hit Burma, the referendum of May 10 was looming as an assault on democratic values.