Sentence examples for voted to convert from inspiring English sources

It voted to convert the government's political platform into law, thus in theory at least making it illegal to oppose moves to transform Venezuela into a socialist state.

MUTUALISTS were in mourning this week after members of Bradford & Bingley, Britain's second-biggest building society (thrift), voted to convert it into a bank.

One month ago, the Reform Party, originally a western protest movement, voted to convert itself into a new national party, the Canadian Alliance.

In 2011, the F.C.C. voted to convert the Universal Service Fund from one that primarily financed the provision of telephone service to one that provided for high-speed broadband, or Internet, connections in high-cost areas for poor Americans and for schools and libraries.

In 1974, Vassar's Master Planning Committee voted to convert one of Cushing's common areas, then a dining room, to eight single dorms.

The borough council of Figgjo has voted to convert the line to a bicycle path, but this has been rejected by the National Rail Administration.

Under the plan, more than 50percentt of the parents at each school would have to vote to convert it to a charter school.

Before Edison moves in, the parents of more than 50percentt of the children at each school must first vote to convert the school to charter status.

Under a privatization plan outlined yesterday by Chancellor Harold O. Levy, most parents at a school would have to vote to convert it to a charter school and let Edison provide the management, curriculum and instructional system.

The Board of Education has agreed to allow Edison to run the five schools starting this fall, but only if at least 51percentt of parents of children at those schools vote to convert them to charter schools.

When discounts grow to what these investors consider unacceptable levels, they call for votes to convert the funds to open-end vehicles, effectively eliminating the discounts.