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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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151. The Good Friday agreement leaves the final say to the people of Northern Ireland in a referendum.
152. If it is approved, 30-day period opens for anyone wishing to hold a referendum drive to overturn the deal.
153. From this FitzGerald could be in little doubt as to the likely course the bishops would take once a referendum campaign got under way.
154. To amend the Constitution voters must approve the measure in a referendum.
155. On this view there is, to put it mildly, no urgency about a referendum.
156. The proposal to establish an upper legislative chamber composed of the Matai was rejected in the referendum.
157. Nevertheless, Congress was forced to agree to a constitutional referendum in April which threatened to curtail its powers.
158. An emergency resolution demanding a referendum over the Maastricht Treaty was thrown out on a show of hands.
159. Mr Geddes said that counsel for Lothian and Tayside had advised that a referendum could be held within certain legal parameters.
160. Progress of constitutional talks Buoyed by its success in the referendum, the government moved swiftly to present revised constitutional proposals.
161. In order to achieve this, both would campaign for a national referendum and a National Constituent Assembly in the elections.
162. The referendum had been preceded by a series of mass pro-Assad demonstrations in Damascus, the capital, and other cities.
163. It breeds cynicism and fatalism, which some blamed for the failure of a referendum last month to reform the electoral system.
164. It has prompted President De Klerk to hold a referendum to guage white support on ending apartheid.
165. The referendum results were thus automatically invalidated - the first time that this had happened.
166. Will a new electoral system eventually be put to the test of a referendum?
167. It goes on flouting the popular will by refusing a referendum on the Maastricht treaty.
168. Moldavia refused to hold the referendum on the grounds that it would worsen ethnic tensions in the republic.
168. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
169. The referendum campaign had been fiercely fought by opposing factions.
170. However, on the eve of the referendum, the majority of priests preached against abortion.
171. Back then, an outfit called Alliance Marana successfully gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on the rezoning.
172. No one expected the group to continue after the referendum.
173. They also have a slim but slightly better chance of winning a vote for a referendum.
174. By refusing a referendum on Maastricht this Government has declared that it has no respect at all for the wishes of the electorate.
175. He was renominated and confirmed by referendum for a further six-year term in October 1987.
176. If county officials confirm that 28, 084 are those of registered voters, a referendum will be held around May 1.
177. After all, it's not every day you win an arena referendum and a game against the defending champion Lakers.
178. The Nov. 4 referendum proposed that a simple majority should in future be sufficient to pass constitutional amendments.
179. A referendum would be divisive.
180. Some industrialists believe the government should grasp the nettle of devaluation before the referendum takes place.
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