Sentence examples for with abstentions from inspiring English sources

What's more, with abstentions so high, those who won will take office with weak mandates.

The vote against was nearly 11%, with abstentions bringing the total protest to more than 18%.

The deal faces a high hurdle to succeed: more than 42 percent of shares must be cast in favor of the deal, with abstentions counting as no votes.

Despite a concerted lobbying campaign from environmental groups, the loan was approved on Thursday – albeit with abstentions from Britain, America and the Netherlands.

The chance for any sane intervention in Syria was killed by U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorized a no-fly zone and "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya, and which passed with abstentions from Russia and China.

Rather than just staying at home, people actively registered disgust at the choices on offer, and the number of spoiled ballots on Sunday was double that of the last election in 2008 – numbering, with abstentions and blank votes, 11 million: more than voted for the rightwing victors, the Partido Popular.

Such diarrhea generally disappears spontaneously with abstention from food accompanied by drinking of nonalcoholic fluids.

Even with abstention at 42%, in just six years the FN vote in Avignon has leaped from 9% in the 2008 local elections to nearly 30%.

My sisters seemed to have no qualms with abstention, but I was a sticky-handed kid, and I had trouble resisting.

It is well known that he influence relation orders the voters the same way as the classical Banzhaf and Shapley Shubik indices do when they are extended to the voting games with abstention (VGA) in the class of complete games.

Of particular note, current cigarette smoking and low intake of fruits and vegetables, which were inversely associated with abstention from alcohol, were positively associated with low physical activity.