Example sentences of "a [adv] elected [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The growth of fringe bodies is a retreat from the simple democratic principle evolved in the nineteenth century that those who perform a public duty should be fully responsible to an electorate — by way either of a minister responsible to Parliament or of a locally elected council . |
| 2 | Again , such agencies operate to allow and encourage negotiation between key groups ( including developers and , in some cases , local industry ) and the state in such a way that the obstacles created by a locally elected body can be bypassed . |
| 3 | In consequence , they seek to prevent democratic damage and state intervention by choosing to emphasise the desirability of setting legal limits to the powers of a democratically elected parliament . |
| 4 | In that way , we will generate the consensus that is absolutely essential in a democracy ruled by a democratically elected Parliament and , indeed , by an executive in Brussels . |
| 5 | Indeed if there is any validity in the argument that the narrow background and insularity of judges renders them unfitted to make decisions with significant broad social consequences , there is some merit in a system which limits their ability to change the law and reserves such questions for full consideration by a democratically elected legislature . |
| 6 | MDU leader Dzorig told supporters at a rally that eliminating the MPRP 's monopoly of power from the Constitution was not enough and demanded that the Hural , of which 93.4 per cent of the deputies were MPRP members , be dissolved to make way for a democratically elected legislature . |
| 7 | Well , , ‘ The decision is n't mine , my role is to make recommendations and it 's a democratically elected council , it 's up the councillors to decide final policy , and then it 's up for , up to me to carry it out . ’ |
| 8 | First , the constitutional authorities want to limit the sovereignty of Parliament by law ; second , they want to reinvigorate the various checks on the power of a democratically elected government through changes designed to bolster a more " balanced " constitution ; and third , they look to the checks implicit in a genuine revival of Parliament and parliamentary government . |
| 9 | However , only at the end of the latter decade was the communist government replaced by a democratically elected government committed to comprehensive reform , involving liberalisation of prices , extensive privatisation , and related policies . |
| 10 | She accepted the presidency " in the name of Haitian women " and stated that the central task of her administration would be " to pass power to a democratically elected government chosen with complete liberty " . |
| 11 | The Republic of Venezuela , which achieved independence from Spain in 1830 , did not have a democratically elected government until 1947 . |
| 12 | The Declaration 's central point was a resolution instructing the OAS permanent council to convene immediately in the event of any " abrupt or irregular interruption of the democratic , political and institutional process , or of the legitimate exercise of power by a democratically elected government " in any member country . |
| 13 | Responding to the changed situation , SADC leaders indicated that South Africa would itself be invited to join once a democratically elected government was in place . |
| 14 | The press was horrified and questioned whether Britain was still governable under a democratically elected administration . |
| 15 | Opposition parties in a communiqué issued on July 8 , following a mass rally , denounced the National Council as fraudulent and called for a democratically elected body . |
| 16 | He was sworn into office on Jan. 14 , taking over from Vinicio Cerezo ( also a democratically elected civilian , of the Christian Democratic Party — PDCG — whose candidate had come third in the first round ) , together with his Vice-President and fellow evangelical , Gustavo Adolfo Espina Salguero . |
| 17 | Certainly to some he made the point that a government defeat would raise potential constitutional problems — the Lords could not lightly defy the will of a democratically elected House of Commons . |
| 18 | ‘ And if you had a democratically elected house it would totally alter the balance of the Lords from being predominantly Conservative . ’ |
| 19 | The TUC was never able to offer its full support for fear of challenging the law and a lawfully elected government . |
| 20 | What this summary reveals primarily is the volume and range of work undertaken by a largely elected body of staff and students ( it disguises a further aspect of their role as participants in FRG-led review events ) . |
| 21 | By 1987 Britain was the only European state without a directly elected capital city authority . |
| 22 | In the Russian Republic , where a further question was put , 69.9 per cent of those who took part also supported the introduction of a directly elected presidency . |
| 23 | The agreement , like those that had preceded it , envisaged a directly elected presidency , and a bicameral legislature made up on a republican and a population basis , respectively ; central authority would be limited to those spheres of activity that had been specifically delegated by the members of the union . |
| 24 | Further attempts to put on the agenda votes on creating a directly elected presidency and scheduling elections were defeated on April 1 and 2 , the Congress voting to delay discussion of the issues until its next regular session . |
| 25 | The constitution was remarkably like that of the European Community , with a Council of Ministers and a directly elected assembly . |
| 26 | It comprises 23 states ( each of which has a directly elected Governor and legislature ) , three territories and a Federal District ( Brasília ) . |
| 27 | It has 23 states ( each of which has a directly elected governor and legislature ) , three territories and the federal district of Brasília . |
| 28 | It was not a directly elected body , though it was given the right under the Treaty to draw up proposals for direct elections . |
| 29 | From 1986 , when the GLC was abolished , the Inner London Education Authority ( ILEA ) became a directly elected body although the 1988 Local Government Act abolished ILEA with effect from April 1990 , the educational function being transferred to the relevant Inner London boroughs . |
| 30 | The Government should be negotiating on the basic question of the European central bank , to ensure that , in the Prime Minister 's words to me , ’ a European central bank would be accountable to a directly elected body . ’ |