Sentences with phrase «thirds of the members»

Nearly two - thirds of the members of the Flex Matters cluster are small businesses.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our voting stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens, and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

The restrictions imposed by federal law currently require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

We are also subject to restrictions imposed by federal law that require that no more than 25 % of our stock be voted, directly or indirectly, by persons who are not U.S. citizens and that our president and at least two - thirds of the members of our board of directors and senior management be U.S. citizens.

Stopping short of calling for cathedral governing bodies - Chapters - to be scrapped, the Church of England said at least two - thirds of members should not be clergy, to ensure people with necessary skills are there.

For example, the local council and the bishops» council of the Russian Orthodox Church require a quorum of two - thirds of members, not total unanimity.

I think that denying freedom of conscience to a third of its members has been a profoundly unWesleyan act of the United Methodist Church.

The plan to unite the two churches failed to secure the support of two - thirds of the members of the Church of England's ruling body.

It was a terrible blow to the Congregationalists as it stripped them of over half a million dollars» worth of property and over one third of their members in Massachusetts.

When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.

Two thirds of their members are there to stick the knife in.

The Big 12 has had plenty of issues — to say the least, losing one - third of your members in 16 months qualifies as «issues» — but it is currently showing that it is clearly ahead of the Big East in the pecking order and is assisting in pecking it apart.

Just two - thirds of members now plan on voting Conservative at the next general election, down from 90 % when the Tories were in opposition.

One third of members of the EP belong to Eurosceptic party groups, with similar trends unfolding in national election contests.

Those polls suggested that almost two - thirds of members voting in the leadership contest had joined the Labour Party before, not after, the 2015 general election.

So even though our only survey of the contest so far (we expect a new survey in a few days) indicated that just one - third of the members of Unite, Unison and GMB thought Corbyn was doing a good job, that lack of support is highly unlikely to be reflected in actual voting on the day.

Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Council.

[1] For budget bills or supplementary appropriations bills, two - thirds of the members elected to each house are required to override the governor's veto of a bill or line - item veto.

Under the terms of the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011, the period between one general election and the next is fixed at 5 years, unless the Commons passes a motion of no confidence in the Government sooner than that, or if the House of Commons, with the support of at least two thirds of its members, resolves that a general election should take place sooner.

Even only being accused by one third of the member states of breaching the values of Article 2 is probably something a member would want to avoid.

At 1 p.m. this afternoon, the Senate Democrats plan to again rattle the GOP's cage on redistricting reform, delivering the Rules Committee a petition signed by one - third of its members seeking a public hearing on the governor's bill.

Nearly one third of the members of the state Assembly have signed onto a letter calling on their colleagues to let the 421 - a tax abatement program expire if substantial changes are not made to New York City's rent laws.

A more likely scenario is that they remain neutral, which means Cuomo merely needs to get two thirds of the members who are actually voting — minus those abstaining.

I believe a candidate needs to have support of two - thirds of the members in order to receive the nod.

If after such reconsideration, two - thirds of the members elected to that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent together with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two - thirds of the members elected to that house, it shall become a law notwithstanding the objections of the governor.»

The shadow cabinet may be wholly elected, or have all, half or one - third of its members appointed by the leader;

My local Conservative association, in a key target seat, has lost a third of its members in two years.

John Walker, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: «More than a third of our members feel that they have missed their growth opportunities and fear being uncompetitive as a result of not being able to access finance.»

Broadly speaking, two - thirds of members think there is a problem (though many of those think it is being exaggerated for political effect), just under a third think there is not.

By ruling of the presiding officer, or on motion of any Council member supported by at least one - third of the Council members present and voting, any matter on the agenda that has not yet come to vote, with the exceptions of a proposed amendment to the Constitution or a motion to recall an elective member of the Board, may be submitted to the entire Council membership for a mail ballot, or by electronic means, and shall require for its approval a favorable vote of a majority of the Council members, except that a resolution shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of two - thirds of those members.

A proposal to recall shall require for its adoption an affirmative vote of a majority of all Members or, failing that, of two - thirds of the Members who return ballots, provided that the number of affirmative votes cast is no less than two - thirds of the number of ballots cast in the election at which the Board member was elected.

A proposed amendment shall require for its adoption a favorable vote of a majority of all Members or, failing that, of two - thirds of the Members who return ballots.

(ii) A motion to terminate affiliation shall require an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present.

Any matter taken up by the Council shall be considered adopted if a majority of the members present vote in favor of it, with five exceptions: (i) A resolution shall require an affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present.

(b) Although not submitted in writing at least sixty days in advance, (i) it is brought up for consideration by a member of the Council under the item «new business,» and two - thirds of the members present vote to take it up, or (ii) it was proposed by the Board or by the Committee on Council Affairs.

One - third of the members of a section cshall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

No part of this Constitution shall be changed without the concurrence of two - thirds of the members and fellows present in a general session of the Southwestern Division, after written notice given at a general session of a preceding general meeting of the Southwestern Division, and all changes to become effective shall require ratification by the Executive Committee of the American Association; changes affecting the status of the Affiliated Socieites shall require an affirmative vote of the Affiliation Committee.

With a third of our members aged 50 +, EliteSingles can help you safely and easily find someone special.

Over two - thirds of members (approximately 82 %) have studied at a university and earned a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree.

For instance, over a third of members are Christian and over half identify as white / Caucasian.

Over two thirds of members have a university degree and 18,000 people join every week.

And with over two thirds of our members having achieved a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate degree, our members include some of Australia's most inspiring singles!

- 67 % UNIVERSITY GRADUATES - Over two - thirds of our members hold either a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate degree

-- and the teams are smaller than what they used to be as a third of the members are usually siphoned away for a smaller project.

As a result of an election last week, two - thirds of the members of the Buffalo, N.Y., school board will be newcomers with a range of views on the district's plan to sponsor a network of charter schools.

The results report that two - thirds of members surveyed cut positions for this school year and 90 percent expect to do so for the coming year.

No amendments will be offered and two - thirds of members will have to vote for the bill for it to pass.

Committee members serve 2 - year terms, with no more than two consecutive term reappointments, and approximately one - third of members» terms of office expire every 2 years.

The favorable vote of two thirds of the members in good standing who return valid ballots within the time limit shall be required to effect any such amendment.

The affirmative vote of two - thirds of the members present at the Board meeting shall be required to elect the applicant to membership.