Sentence examples for used on convention from inspiring English sources

He said the shrieking function would not be used on convention protesters.

In 2007, Chris Messina, an early Twitter user, came up with another idea, inspired by a convention used on other Web sites, to mark conversations about a certain topic with the # symbol.

The hashtag convention is widely used on Twitter to link an individual's thoughts and comments to an event.

The interrogation techniques Colonel Pappas described were used on detainees protected by the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit inhumane treatment of prisoners.

For example, UNICEF has used the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a programming tool.

Having decided to use sleaze as a political weapon, he says, politicians should not be surprised that their reputation has been damaged.It seems a pity that a country which used to rely on convention should need to depend increasingly on rules to keep politics honest especially if Lord Neill's hunch that there has in fact been no deterioration in standards is right.

Representative Paul D. Ryan used his convention speech on Wednesday to fault President Obama for failing to act on a deficit-reduction plan that he himself had helped kill.

The rule, a rarely used accounting convention called "gain on sale," encouraged Green Tree to make as many loans as possible and allowed it to report more than $2 billion in profits that never existed.

For more information on the process of ratification or accession, click on 'Using the Convention to protect children' on the left menu.

Mexico opposes the death penalty and has used the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to try to block the executions of Mr. Medellín and 50 other Mexicans in the United States.

Since the goal of etiquette is to honor, not offend, then why would you insist on using a convention that is sure to rattle some women's chains?