Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of representatives " in BNC.
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| 1 | The election of representatives , rather than their selection by lot , was regarded by the Greeks as an aristocratic device , not a democratic one . |
| 2 | The bodies were exhumed on the orders of a judge , who had disregarded the opposition of representatives of known right-wing paramilitary groups while hearing an appeal by human rights groups . |
| 3 | The Council of Representatives elected Meles as President on July 21 . |
| 4 | The proposals were reported to have been agreed upon by the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) and the Oromo Liberation Front ( OLF ) on Oct. 19 and were presented to the Council of Representatives on Nov. 18 . |
| 5 | Three decrees to establish ( i ) a system of local administration ; ( ii ) defence and police forces ; and ( iii ) conditions favourable for local elections ( principally dealing with disarming of groups and individuals ) were approved in draft form by the Council of Representatives on Dec. 6 and published on Dec. 7 , 10 and 11 . |
| 6 | A lengthy statement by the Council of Representatives on Dec. 13 explained how the flexibility allowed by the new system of local government might accommodate the complexity of relationships between ethnic and linguistic groups . |
| 7 | Organizations which were represented on the Council of Representatives and which had " armies " could apply to have their armed forces officially registered . |
| 8 | Copies of the transitional government 's broad economic programme , which had been under discussion by the Council of Representatives in October and November , became freely available to the public in early December . |
| 9 | The Council of Representatives announced on March 20 that local elections were scheduled to be completed by the end of the first week of June 1992 , with the preparatory elections concluded before April 22 [ for December 1991 decrees on regions see p. 38660 ] . |
| 10 | The OLF announced on June 23 that it was withdrawing from the Council of Representatives ; elected in July 1991 the 87-member Council contained 12 members of the OLF and 16 were from four other Oromo organizations [ see p. 38322 ; for December 1991 agreement on autonomous regions see pp. 38564 ; 38660 ] . |
| 11 | The Council of Representatives on Sept. 7 adopted a draft proclamation on the respective authority and responsibilities of central and regional governments . |
| 12 | The resolution was the act of representatives of countries which hereto have countenanced the language of signs . |
| 13 | The inclusion of representatives from local groups of disabled people in the debates at Ashdown is not likely to provide simple solutions to the dilemmas faced by professionals and parents , but it would provide a different perspective which could help ensure that the interests of the students as young disabled people were pursued . |
| 14 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |
| 15 | However , the Soviet Union did not demand the expulsion of representatives of Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia , who attended public sessions as guests of the German government [ for their expulsion from the Paris CSCE summit see p. 37838 ] . |
| 16 | Leaving aside the rights and wrongs of that dispute , we all know the importance of representatives . |
| 17 | It preferred to insist that industrial democracy should be imposed by a means that had to be in principle unsustainable : that is , by the appointment of representatives of trade unions to the boards of directors of industrial enterprises . |
| 18 | The Finance Minister , Mohamed Berrada , presented the 1989 budget to the Chamber of Representatives on Nov. 5 , 1988 . |
| 19 | In addition to electing the 212 members of the Chamber of Representatives ( lower house of parliament ) , voters also elected the 106 directly elected members of the 184-member Senate ( upper house ) . |
| 20 | Earlier , as the Chamber of Representatives on Oct. 17 held its first session for the parliamentary year 1991-92 , it was announced that a new opposition grouping , the National Movement ( MN ) , had been formed under the leadership of the veteran Berber politician Mahjoubi Aherdane , who in 1957 had founded his Popular Movement party ( MP ) . |
| 21 | In a short , unexpected speech the King announced that the central commission would be chaired by a judge and would have an Interior Ministry representative and representatives chosen by each of the eight political parties represented in the Chamber of Representatives . |
| 22 | He did not envisage the participation of representatives of the Afghan government in such a conference , which he emphasised would be devoted not to the status of Afghanistan but to ‘ terminating interference in Afghanistan ’ as a condition for restoring its character as a non-aligned state . |
| 23 | Those who succeed are much more in the image of representatives at the party conference than members of the old ‘ Establishment ’ . |
| 24 | The report recommends that the number of representatives of public interest groups sitting on the new committee be reduced in favour of more process engineers from industry and union representatives , so the goodwill and trust of the public could also be jeopardised . |
| 25 | Accordingly , the ECSC Assembly , enlarged to give it the number of representatives the projected EDC Assembly would have , was invited on 10 September 1952 to consider and report within six months on the feasibility and structures of a European Political Community . |
| 26 | On March 12 it was announced that legislative elections postponed in December would be held on May 24 ; it was later announced that the number of representatives in the National Assembly would be increased from 77 to 107 . |
| 27 | Er we 'd dearly like to get it up to three figures again obviously because a amongst other things this affects the number of representatives that we get for conferences and so on . |
| 28 | Almost thirty years later , in January 1254 , when Henry III tried to tax the clergy through the prelates at a parliament or great council , he was reminded that the assent of representatives of all the clergy was necessary . |
| 29 | Of the 40 , nine were appointed to ensure equal representation of Moslems and Christians ; the remainder filled seats left vacant by the death of representatives elected at the last general election in 1972 . |
| 30 | There was also the party of representatives from the Indonesian President Suharto in Java . |