Sentence examples for withdraw a motion from inspiring English sources

The State Department said it was satisfied with the outcome, even though Luis J. Lauredo, the American ambassador to the O.A.S., had to withdraw a motion to invoke a resolution that would have added symbolic urgency to the response.

He refused to withdraw a motion of censure against Mr Rajoy.

On Tuesday, John Henry and Claudia Williams withdrew a motion to the court for mandatory mediation with Ferrell.

Investors have withdrawn a motion in New York State Supreme Court for a preliminary injunction aimed at halting the deal, said Daniel Krasner, a senior partner at law firm Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz.

Later Blatter attempted to stage manage a "handshake for peace" between the delegates from Palestine and Israel after the former had withdrawn a motion to suspend the latter.

Last week, another defendant, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, variously withdrew a motion to suppress his statements in his case, told the judge that he wanted new lawyers and said that he wanted to cross-examine a witness himself.

Clegg's hopes of reforming the Lords ran into trouble when the government was forced to withdraw a "programme motion" that would have set a timetable for the Lords reform bill, to avert defeat in the face of an alliance of Labour MPs and Tory rebels.

The Treasury is saying that Osborne has no plans to change his proposals, a point illustrated by the heavy pressure that was brought to bear on the crossbench peer Lady Meacher to withdraw a "fatal motion" that would have killed the plans stone dead in the House of Lords.

But the bill – which would ensure that 80% of the members of a slimmed-down chamber are elected by 2025 – will face a bumpy ride after the Tory rebellion and after the government was earlier forced to withdraw a "programme motion" for the bill.

The advocates have agreed to withdraw all motions pending before the court, although they will be able to sue again if the current agreement falls through.

Verizon Wireless will cease its efforts to overturn the ban and will withdraw its motion for a stay from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, according to the statement.