7 sentences with 'whereby'
Example sentences and phrases with the word whereby and other words derived from it.
• « In fact, in the early modern period, the emperor was an elected office. That phenomenon began in 1356 when a pragmatic emperor, Charles IV, issued the Golden Bull, which created a system whereby future emperors would be elected by their most powerful subjects. »
• « Thus was born Regalos de Amor (Gifts of Love), an organisation whose activities are based on the scheme whereby a family in good financial circumstances sponsors a family in need. »
• « Federalism is a system of government whereby several states (in the case of Argentina, all the Argentine provinces) unite and delegate part of their powers to a higher authority (the national government). »
• « To gain acceptance for his plan, Hamilton reached a compromise with Virginians Madison and Jefferson whereby, in exchange for their support, he would give up New York City as the nation's capital and accept a more southern location, which they preferred. »
• « One of the main causes was the British practice of levy, whereby American sailors were captured at sea and forced to fight on British warships; this issue was left unresolved by Jay's Treaty in 1794. »
• « They used the "putting-out" system, which the British had employed at the beginning of their own Industrial Revolution, whereby they hired farming families to perform specific tasks in the production process for a fixed wage. »