Sentences with phrase «against the motion at»

Just two Lib Dems voted against the motion at the party's spring conference in York that would also establish a commission of experts to review all the evidence highlighted in the National Security Agency files leaked by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.

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Also unsurprisingly, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George, dissenter - in - chief at the bank, voted against the motion to stay the course, citing «economic and financial imbalances,» as well as, further down the road, «an increase in long - term inflation expectations» as reasons for concern.

In July, Zenefits filed a motion to dismiss, citing California's anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation) statute, aimed at preventing the use of legal action to censor critics.

«When I was a monk,» he says, «I thought that I was utterly cast away, if at any time I felt the lust of the flesh: that is to say, if I felt any evil motion, fleshly lust, wrath, hatred, or envy against any brother.

Arguing against the motion is Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

Arguing against the motion was Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University and program leader of Measure to Manage: Farm and Food Diagnostics for Sustainability and Health, and Margaret Mellon, a science policy consultant in the areas of antibiotics, genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture.

Charlotte Wright, professor of community child health at the University of Glasgow and one of the members campaigning for the change in the policy, told The BMJ that she had no objection to the college surveying its members given that the numbers who voted at the annual general meeting were so small — 66 delegates supported the motion and 53 were against it.

The PDP supporters were at the airport to give a rousing welcome to Senator Urhoghide for moving the motion for the Senate to begin impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.

On the same day, she slow hand clapped Theresa May as the home secretary headed into the lobby to vote against a motion aimed at closing the gender pay gap.

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

Delegates at the British Medical Association's (BMA) annual conference backed the motion against Jeremy Hunt so strongly there was no need to even hold a vote.

FHC / L / 565C / 2015 - filed an application for the issuance of bench warrant against Innocent Chukwuma; Charles Chukwuma and Annajekwu Sunny for fraudulent clearance of goods, forgery, conversion, stealing and conspiracy presently pending before Faji J, at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi and adjourned to Decemeber 8, 2017 for arraignment / or hearing of motion.

At 2:30 p.m., oral arguments are set to begin regarding the Trump legal team's motion to dismiss a sexual harassment case against the president, 111 Centre St., Room 352, Manhattan.

Whether you think the Labour leader's last - minute gauntlet yesterday at «tea - time» - as many commentators have so quaintly described Miliband's 11th hour (ie 5.15 pm) threat to vote against the government's initial motion to intervene in Syria - was politicking or boldness in the national interest, it may not necessarily be the reason behind the suddenly watered - down vote.

«We have equally filed an appeal against the judgement of the court and a motion for stay of execution of the judgement at the Court of Appeal.

But the absence of Conservative MPs at the final vote forced two Labour MPs into the strange scenario of having to act as tellers for the «no» vote against their own motion in order for the vote to be able to go ahead at all.

Meanwhile, at the Thursday's proceedings, the presiding judge, Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye, awarded a punitive cost of N20, 000 against SaharaReporters, after its lawyer, Mr. Stanley Imhanruor, from Femi Falana's chambers, withdrew a motion he had earlier filed on behalf of his client.

Less than a quarter of the Labour MPs that signed up to an early day motion expressing concern at the government's plans to reduce funding for equivalent or lower qualification (ELQ) degrees voted against the government in a Conservative - led motion last night.

Richard McKinnon.the idea the far left ago are still trying to save face that they nearly destroyed the party in the early 80's are only letting young student momentum types, takr over some Moribund areas, or ousting hard working councillors from positions by getting their mates to tun up, is more obvious, they're not doing it because not enough people want Blair at th Hague, in fact some blairites were dead against Iraq, some blue labour types want Blair at The Hague, the far left would have gone done their path, had nine of this happened, they waited for their chance 2010 we were bunt out, 2015 was the first time, after we'd lost power in history, where we didn't have a civil war, we showed loyalty to Ed M, and look what happened, the hard left are using tricks, on having their open meetings with motions, or getting George Galloway backers to turn up to meetings, momentum, even have kill Blair protests, via Socialist worker

No doubt there will be several Tory MPs who will vote against any military action while others (such as Julian Lewis) will be looking carefully at the wording of the motion to see just what is authorised.

A fifth, possibly the one hinted at in the Guardian, was a motion against a negative instrument — the Greater London Authority Elections Rules 2000 — which was eventually agreed to by the Lords on 22 February 2000.

The Labour leader told the Guardian he would vote against the Government's motion — and Labour policy — today: «I will be voting against continuous at - sea deterrent, because it rules out any compliance with the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

This conveyor - belt motion causes the crust's tectonic plates at the surface to jostle against each other, a process that has continued for at least half of Earth's 4.5 billion - year history.

Gravity acts against the upward motion of the column, eventually pinching it off at a certain height.

But last Thursday's 292 - to - 126 vote against the bill (technically a motion to recommit H.R. 5116, after which Gordon withdrew the bill) raises two important questions: Were lobbyists and supportive lawmakers asleep at the switch, and did NSF officials bungle their response to an internal investigation of employees trafficking in computer - enabled pornography?

What's more, the treated trout took more than twice as long to resume feeding and displayed «anomalous» behaviors such as rocking motions or rubbing their lips against the side of the tank, says Sneddon, who is now at the University of Liverpool, U.K.

By precisely locating the same stars in Andromeda in 2002 and then again in 2010, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore have calculated how the galaxy has moved against the background of deep space — confirming that the galaxy's sideways motion is but a fraction of the speed at which it's hurtling toward the Milky Way.

Every time he passes the mirror, he stops, rubs his face against it, and makes quick, jerky motions, looking very much like a boxer jabbing at his own reflection.

Details on the motions, and the defense and prosecution arguments for and against them, are available at the Chemical & Engineering News blog, The Safety Zone.

Because of the statutory time constraints and the directives in the law, a vote against the motion to proceed is a vote to direct the Secretary of Energy to cease all further work at Yucca Mountain and close the office until Congress decides otherwise.

When you move at this pace without slowing down you are adding more strain onto the muscle groups which keeps the elliptical in motion thus recreating an environment similar to running against the wind or uphill if you were outdoors.

Also, to Ms. Taymor's credit, she intelligently provides at times inspired touches such as — stop motion action shots, color tinting in brightly exotic desert shades, finely textured black - and - white sequences, shots of Diego in New York to do the Rockefeller commissioned mural against a lively Dadaist collage of the New York setting, Frida's dream of her hubby as King Kong, a puppet show in the hospital (with the help of the gifted Quay brothers animations of skeletons in the post-accident emergency room — the skeletons were copied from one of Frida's paintings).

Summit Entertainment, StudioCanal, Aardman Animations and The British Film Institute present the first US teaser trailer for Aardman's new stop - motion animated movie Early Man, telling the story of how an early cave man and his friend, a wild boar named Hognob, unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game.

The stop - motion geniuses at Aardman Studios (Shaun The Sheep, Chicken Run) are back with Early Man, a prehistoric times - set winner that follows the adventures of Dug the caveman and his hog Hognob and the fight to save their land via a soccer match against invaders.

Except for one peaceful valley...» StudioCanal, Aardman and The British Film Institute have released another full trailer for Aardman's stop - motion animated movie Early Man, telling the story of how an early cave man and his friend, a wild boar named Hognob, unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game.

Now, with the film (and its cliffhanger conclusion) debuting to surely gargantuan numbers, it's clear that Marvel's perpetual - motion machine couldn't even get that right, and the only real infinite war is the one the studio is waging against a superhero - free night at the movies.

Unbeknownst to her family, Anne still holds a grudge against her sister's betrayal, and when she's given a second chance at her own illustrious love affair with Henry, she sets into motion a ruthless rivalry that threatens to change the face of England forever.

Mike, who was for the motion, faced off against Richard D. Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, who was against it.

But her speech did little to lessen opposition to the proposals, as delegates at the conference made a last minute amendment to the motion against the plans to include industrial action.

Before the debate, the audience at the Kauffman Music Center in New York voted 50 percent in favor of the motion and 13 percent against, with 37 percent undecided.

I could hear them like voices in my own head — why has this boy stopped talking, queer as a winged snake is he, leant against the wall with such a look on his face, would be handsome if he weren't so sullen, what a chest he has, deep as a wrestler's, how does it spring from those twisted haunches to which are pawled legs like hanks of rope, oh god, his ribcage is heaving as if at any moment he may vomit, maybe he is ill, boy what is your problem, alas, my wordless enquiries cause his convulsions to grow worse, I think he may be going to have a fit, what will I do if he dies, oh dear, my further anxious attempts to communicate, with twisting «wherefore» hand motions and raising of eyebrows, seem to cause violent shudders, bugger's lips are writhing in some kind of agony, should a doctor be called, where can one find a doctor in this place, where the hell am I anyway, what the fuck am I doing here?

All throughout this legal battle, Apple has fought Judge Denise Cote on nearly every ruling, and have filed multiple motions and appeals; at one point, Apple was back in court for directly refusing to work with the court - appointed monitor that Cote ordered as a result of ruling against Apple in the initial phase.

Start at the back teeth and gently work the brush against the teeth in a circular motion, taking care to clean the gum line especially well.

He added, A soft - bristled brush, in a circular motion at a 45 - degree angle to the gingival margin is a powerful tool against plaque and gingivitis.

If you look at many of the multi-platform titles for Wii, and how they usually end up being PS2 ports with motion controls, it's hard to argue against his claims.

If you don't intend to mash your fingers into bloody stumps, the game does have a combo system to get to grips with, and with genius use of the SIXAXIS motion control you can even leap into the sky and continue your pummelling at a height, which is particularly useful against the bosses in the game.

As well as the Hollywood-esque dives for cover, the slow - motion headshots or the ludicrous Enemy At The Gates - style sniper face - offs, there are serious side - missions in which, for example, you must sap a field of mines to protect the locals, or, much later, scenes in which you fight against child soldiers (characters that, hitherto in the series, have only been talked about, never encountered during play).

While the art style is completely different in Samurai II: Vengeance than it is in Shadowgun, going for a more anime - style of art, the game itself is hack n» slash at it's finest where you can break out combos against multiple enemies and even get some slow motion final killing blow action in there as well.

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The paradox is an argument against motion; it formulates that the arrow is not really moving — if time was paused to see the arrow at any point it will always be static.