Sentence examples for was to table from inspiring English sources

(A vote of yea was to table, or defeat, the amendment; a no vote was insupport of the amendment).

The 9th duke's contribution was to table a successful amendment that removes the March 2019 deadline for departure from the EU.

By his own account, the only serious intervention he made in the House of Commons was to table a tiny legislative amendment that would have revolutionised the western world - if it had been passed.

When the Middle Way Group was launched 18 months ago in a flurry of publicity, one of its first moves was to table a series of amendments to Labour MP Michael Foster's Private Member's Bill in a bid to water down his proposals to outlaw hunting with hounds.

The vote they got was to table the matter, the aide noted.

The two alternatives are to table a fresh Commons motion, or to publish a bill.

My job was to bus tables and wash dishes.

Our objective was to provide tables for sample size determination in this context.

The MPs' amendment is to be tabled by Labour's Dame Margaret Hodge, former chair of parliament's public accounts committee.

This is to be tabled in the coming days.

Two more are to be tabled in order to complete the process.