Example sentences of "the [noun] of representatives on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Council of Representatives on Sept. 7 adopted a draft proclamation on the respective authority and responsibilities of central and regional governments . |
| 5 | The Finance Minister , Mohamed Berrada , presented the 1989 budget to the Chamber of Representatives on Nov. 5 , 1988 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | But it was clear the statement was written yesterday because it hailed a vote by the House of Representatives on Tuesday night to make the extradition of drug traffickers a topic for a referendum . |
| 8 | After some of the most tense days in the capital in recent years , a vote on Bill Clinton 's economic plan was scheduled to take place in the House of Representatives on May 27th . |
| 9 | Despite Dole 's change of stance , the House of Representatives on April 24 overwhelmingly approved a non-binding resolution which mirrored the earlier Senate resolution . |
| 10 | Bush objected fiercely to a decision by the House of Representatives on Aug. 2 , 1989 , to halve the funding available for mobilizing the missiles on the rail network . |
| 11 | The measure , which had been drawn up by congressional leaders and administration officials and approved by the House of Representatives on Nov. 1 by 382 votes to 37 , represented an alternative to the minimum wage bill passed by Congress in May and vetoed by President Bush . |
| 12 | The move also followed the passing of budget resolutions by the House of Representatives on May 1 and by the budget committee of the Senate on May 2 , both of which embodied much deeper cuts in military expenditure than those contained within the Bush budget , which was increasingly viewed as obsolete because of its failure to address the implications of the radical change in Eastern Europe . |
| 13 | It was approved by the House of Representatives on Dec. 8 , 1989 , with only the socialist Cyprus National Democratic Union ( EDEK ) voting against , following the introduction of cuts ranging from $13,500,000 to the ordinary budget and of $132,480 to the refugee relief fund . |
| 14 | US Secretary of State James Baker , addressing the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives on June 13 , said that the stance of the new government could be summed up as " there will be no dialogue unless the Palestinians accept our position in advance " . |
| 15 | The House of Representatives on July 25 failed to overturn the presidential veto of the Family and Medical Leave Bill , legislation which would have required businesses with 50 or more employees to allow workers to take 12 weeks of annual unpaid leave in order to care for newly born infants or seriously ill family members . |
| 16 | In an address to the foreign affairs committee of the House of Representatives on Sept. 4 , Baker reiterated the aims which Bush had outlined in August [ see p. 37638 ] . |
| 17 | When the agreement was debated within the House of Representatives on Oct. 5 , it was defeated by 362 votes to 179 . |
| 18 | Jardana presented his 1990 budget to the House of Representatives on Jan. 6 , 1990 . |
| 19 | The new proposal was passed by the House of Representatives on Oct. 27 and by the Senate on Oct. 28 . |
| 20 | The legislation had been passed by the Senate on Oct. 26 by 89 votes to eight , and by the House of Representatives on Oct. 27 by 264 votes to 118 , as the culmination of a three-year congressional effort . |
| 21 | Wide changes in immigration policy were formally approved by the House of Representatives on June 1 , 1989 , with the support of all main parties . |
| 22 | The draft state budget for the 1991-92 financial year , beginning on April 1 , 1991 , was presented by President Suharto to the House of Representatives on Jan. 7 . |
| 23 | The 1991 budget was presented to the House of Representatives on Dec. 2 , 1990 [ see p. 37752 for 1990 budget ] . |
| 24 | The House of Representatives on May 8 approved by the unexpectedly wide margin of 239 votes to 186 a bill which imposed a seven-day waiting period on the purchase of handguns . |
| 25 | The 1990-91 budget , for the financial year beginning April 1 , 1990 , presented to the House of Representatives on May 10 [ see p. 37817 ] , estimated recurrent expenditure at J$7,049 million and capital expenditure at J$3,523 million . |
| 26 | Democrat members of the House of Representatives on July 11 elected David E. Bonior as Majority Whip , the party 's third-ranking leadership position within the lower chamber of the US legislature . |
| 27 | Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed , who had unveiled in June Malaysia 's Second Outline Perspective Plan for 1991-2000 ( OPP2 — see p. 38293 ) , presented to the House of Representatives on July 10 the first of the decade 's two more detailed five-year plans , the Sixth Malaysia Plan ( SMP ) . |
| 28 | The draft constitution had been submitted to the House of Representatives on June 4 [ see p. 38278 ] but could not become law until it had been approved by referendum , according to President Joseph Momoh . |
| 29 | Finance Minister Mahesh Acharya presented the 1991/92 budget to the House of Representatives on July 11 , 1991 . |
| 30 | Approval of the loan was aided by the decision of the House of Representatives on Dec. 19 to pass legislation raising 1992 federal taxes to bring in US$12,000 million in extra revenue . |