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Sentence count:184+8Posted:2017-01-27Updated:2020-07-24
Similar words: referencepreferencepreferentialdeferencedeferentialdeferentiallyreferpreferMeaning: [‚refə'rendəm]  n. a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate. 
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91. The issue dominated the campaign, prompting many commentators to characterize the election as a virtual referendum on the independence issue.
92. None the less the new document, approved by another referendum in October, still gave most authority to the National Assembly.
93. They said they had no plans for another referendum in May.
94. A socialist Constitution was endorsed by referendum in July 1979.
95. In the meantime, we have the maps of the referendum results to suggest how we might get to that destination.
96. General elections were to be held in October and were to be accompanied by a two-part referendum.
97. A referendum, held in March 1992, confirmed this position by a large majority although it had itself been declared unconstitutional.
98. Sri Lanka's president, Chandrika Kumaratunga, has suspended parliament ahead of a referendum this month on constitutional reform.
99. A new Constitution was overwhelmingly approved in a referendum on Dec. 23, 1990.
100. A referendum to determine the future of the island has been postponed indefinitely.
101. If they go in and it turns out not to be very clever, the referendum covers their backs.
102. On 21 February 1992, he proposed his own bill to provide for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty.
103. The referendum was a humiliating defeat for the unpopular Mr Khasbulatov.
104. Can evidence of such change be found in the referendum that rejected Mugabe's outrageous constitutional proposals?
105. The national referendum absorbed a separate vote on the deal which had already been arranged in Quebec for Oct. 26.
106. The Assembly nominates the President who is confirmed by popular referendum for a six-year term.
107. His gamble of calling a referendum totally backfired, rivals said.
108. Changes would require a two-thirds majority in both houses and the approval of the electorate in a national referendum.
109. But later the deputies set the stage for possible compromise by agreeing to debate a referendum after all.
110. They also have a slim but slightly better chance of winning a vote for a referendum. The odds are against either.
111. Since the government can not submit every decision to popular referendum,[http://sentencedict.com/referendum.html] elected or appointed individuals act on behalf of larger constituencies.
112. In the current climate the referendum has created a dangerous precedent.
113. The presentation of that election as a popular referendum prevented a new populist attack on the Unionist government.
114. Opposition parties have expressed outrage at his flouting of the referendum vote.
115. After what he has now said about a referendum, he had better watch out.
116. Trust the people, but not to vote in a referendum on entry to the single currency.
117. Kenski points to Prop 105, a referendum which exempted vacant land owned by cemeteries from taxation.
118. We should not go so far as to hold a referendum, but the people must have the final say.
119. The changes were expected to take effect following a referendum scheduled for Sept. 15.
120. A commission was appointed to draw up a new constitution which would be put to a referendum in mid-1990.
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