6 sentences with 'legislators'
Example sentences and phrases with the word legislators and other words derived from it.
• « He had legislators chosen by lot (i.e., at random) and created new "tribes" that mixed men of different backgrounds to force them to begin to think of themselves as fellow Athenians, not just as zealous protectors of their own families' interests. »
• « The conclusion is that English kings or queens could not force legislators to grant them taxes without having to beg, plead, cajole and bargain. »
• « A conspiracy of English legislators thus invited William of Orange, a Dutch military leader and legislator of the Dutch Republic, to lead a force against James. »
• « After the Glorious Revolution, England's legislators felt sufficiently secure from royal attempts to seize power illegally that they were willing to increase the size and power of government and to levy new taxes. »
• « The legislators elected Rosas governor on 6 December 1829, granting him extraordinary powers, i.e. special powers. »
• « In 1786, as a revolutionary response against the privileged status of the Church of England, Virginia legislators passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, which ended the dominance of the Church of England and allowed religious freedom. »