Sentence examples for whether to convoke from inspiring English sources

The nonbinding referendum was to ask voters if they wanted a vote during the November presidential election on whether to convoke an assembly to rewrite the constitution.

"The first big decision of this pope really is that, to convoke a governing board.

RIO DE JANEIRO — First she wanted to convoke a constitutional assembly, then she favored holding a plebiscite.

In December 1862, Lassalle was asked by the executive committee of the "Central Committee to Convoke a General Congress of German Workers" to write a program for the congress.

They insist that Mr Zelaya violated the constitution by trying to convoke a constituent assembly which they fear might have prolonged his term.

In 1095, for example, Urban II was in a position strong enough to convoke two important ecclesiastical councils, despite meeting resistance from Henry IV, the German emperor, who opposed papal reform policies.

Fernandez has a working majority in both houses of Congress, but would need two-thirds' congressional support to convoke an elected constitutional assembly.

He was compelled by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, to convoke the Council of Constance in 1414, although when the threat to his pontificate and possibly his person became apparent, he fled in 1415.

The result is a rare demonstration of the theater's power to convoke and communicate; I left the play feeling that no amount of material encroachment could stifle humanity.

As rumors spread of a council to be convoked to declare the pope's infallibility, he lined up with DRated PG-13llinger in opposition.

They realized, moreover, that at the insistence of Emperor Charles V the council was convoked to try to effect a reconciliation with the Reformers.