Sentences with phrase «number of seats in»

That's doesn't explain the imbalance in the number of seats in the Senate but it is a small comfort), let's call on that international motivational wordsmith, Teddy Roosevelt to whip us into a fever of service to our country, our community.

Institutionally speaking, Croatia will be given an EU Commissioner, a place within the Council and European Council, a number of seats in the European Parliament, and last but not least two judges at the CJEU.

But it is the coal that killed him; In the last election he lost a huge number of seats in rural ridings divided by wind turbines on land and offshore.

The excellent seat width has been achieved by keeping the Premium Economy cabin on the lower deck of the A380 (where the aircraft is widest) and by keeping the number of seats in a row down to just 8 (in a 2 -4-2 layout).

I'm struggling to understand how airlines like Asiana and Lufthansa can offer such little seat width when they offer the same number of seats in a row as Singapore Airlines and Korean Air.

Since 1951, Auburn has enrolled Kentucky students through a program managed by the Southern Regional Education Board, or SREB, by which a set number of seats in each incoming class at the college is reserved for Kentucky students, and guarantees that Auburn charges Kentucky students in - state rates, with the commonwealth providing Auburn the tuition difference.

The Renault Trafic Crew has been launched in Australia, doubling the number of seats in the commercial van from three to six.

The weight is determined by the number of seats in the SUV but it varies from 691 L to 3290 L.

Gangopadhyay said a quick solution to the city's limited number of seats in highly rated charter schools would be to allow them to replicate and expand.

In order to meet demand from CPS students and families, we are increasing access to high - performing schools and expanding the number of seats in magnet, selective enrollment, International Baccalaureate and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs.

Implementing such reforms takes time, including the time necessary to expand the number of seats in charter, private, and parochial schools.

The present report incorporates seven of those 13 dimensions that are outward facing for students and families and most likely, conceptually, to play a role in their exercise of school choice: Alternatives to traditional schools, e.g., number of seats in charter schools; Assignment Process, i.e., the extent of school choice and its» fairness; Common Application for traditional and charter schools; Accessibility of information on the choice process; Understandability of the information provided to parents on which to compare schools; Transportation to schools of choice; and School Quality in the district.

By forecasting that Republicans and Democrats would maintain the same number of seats in the House they had before the Nov. 3 elections, the sophomores were closer to...

Similar to the number of courses you can offer, with eLearning you can serve as many students as purchase a place on your courses, as you will no longer be limited by things like the number of seats in your venue.

The answer lies in how the Census Bureau carries out the mandate it was given in 1789 to conduct an «enumeration» of every person in each state for the purpose of apportioning the number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

There is no way, for example, to allocate a whole number of seats in exact proportion to a larger population.

The boundary changes will boost the number of seats in Parliament from 646 to 650, with all the new seats being created in England.

Labour opposes the reduction, which would cut the number of seats in its urban heartlands and result in the party losing more seats than the Tories.

The Conservatives more than doubled their number of seats in the Scottish Parliament elections, up to 31 from the 15 secured in 2011.

In 2015 a different political party won the largest number of seats in each nation of the UK for the first time.

Plaid also held on to its three seats — Arfon, Dwyfor Meirionnydd, and Carmarthen East & Dinefwr — taking its total number of seats in Westminster to four.

However, as a result of the rise of the party, its victory in the earlier European Elections in the UK, and the threat of it taking a large number of seats in 2015, the Government of the day offered a referendum on EU membership... and as a result, UKIP is a fair part of the way towards achieving its aim, even though that governing party from previous AND current Prime Minster down do not want to leave the EU.

The council has been run for the past four years by a coalition of 30 Conservatives, who won the largest number of seats in 2010, and seven Liberal Democrats.

Collins also states that the unions will keep their current number of seats in the national executive and on the floor of conference.

But in a sign that the GOP still faces obstacles to gain a significant number of seats in 2010, Sessions also acknowledged the party has its «work cut out... when it comes to winning in Democratic - held districts.»

This was the last election in which the Liberals won the highest number of seats in the House of Commons.

[9][10] It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election.

Parties are sorted by current number of seats in the House of Commons:

[3][4] The number of seats in the State Senate was increased to 65, and the number of seats in the Assembly to 165.

Labour has «lost its moral authority» to govern Scotland, the SNP claimed today as it won the largest number of seats in the Scottish parliament.

If he joins after the 2018 elections — and if Democrats pick up a number of seats in an anti-Donald Trump wave — his vote would be far less critical.

The Labour Party had the largest number of seats in the House of Commons, but not an overall majority.

Labour is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having won the second - largest number of seats in the 2017 general election.

It is that sort of sentiment that meant we did not win the necessary number of seats in 1992.

The Greens earned 10.6 % of the vote (up from 6.7 % in 2008) and increased their number of seats in parliament from 9 to 13.

Even in 2004, when the number of seats in Scotland was reduced, this was to reflect a political decision that the new seats, unlike the old ones, should have more - or-less the same number of electors as English constituencies.

Those gains were relatively minor, if only because Republicans held a large number of seats in state legislatures going into the election.

The increase in their number of seats in 1997, 2001 and 2005 was attributed to the weakness of the Conservatives and the success of their election strategist Chris Rennard.

A shock exit poll in the 2017 general election suggests leader Jeremy Corbyn may have defied expectations and reduced the Conservative party's number of seats in parliament.

In the general election of 26 June 2016, the PP increased its number of seats in parliament, while still falling short of an overall majority.

There is a rule of thumb for assembly size - the number of seats in the larger house of the assembly is usually around the cube root of the population.

Having ascertained the numbers required by section 191 (7), the Electoral Commission must then proceed to ascertain the number of seats in Parliament to which each remaining party listed in the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote is entitled by adding the number of circles in the column of numbers under the name of that party.

The Conservatives are 2 to 1 on to have the largest number of seats in the new parliament, Labour 2 to 1 against.

«What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons.

The way the question is currently written, one could either interpret it as any case where a party first got a small number of seats in one election and was then able to increase their share significantly in the next (by whatever means), or it could be interpreted as just covering the technique of using symbolic gifts to provoke their opponents.

In 2004, the Rs managed a narrow victory around the country, with Bush winning the popular vote and electoral college but with the Rs essentially keeping the same number of seats in the House.

Opening a restaurant requires countless important decisions, which range from the number of seats in the dining room to the distance between the bathroom and the kitchen.

American Airlines, for instance, is decreasing the number of seats in some of their planes after replacing as many as 40 economy seats with 24 «premium economy» seats, which are wider and cost around $ 20 more, the Dallas Business Journal reports.

Increasing the number of seats in the fly means higher labor, fuel and operational costs, and can spark bitter fare wars.

If we ever want to win significant numbers of seats in the North again, and we must to win a majority, we need to remember those figures every time we talk about our tax and spend priorities.