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Example sentences for "special meeting"

  • At a special meeting of the Norwich Corporation an address was ordered to be presented to the Prince Regent, praying for "the utmost retrenchment of the public expenditure consistent with the welfare of the State.

  • At a special meeting of the Corporation on August 10th "the further consideration of the erection of a Corn Exchange" was indefinitely deferred.

  • At a special meeting of the council, Isaac Preston, Esq.

  • MAY 20—A special meeting of the body was held to congratulate the promoters of the Severn Navigation Improvement on the passing of the measure, and to thank the noblemen and gentlemen by whose exertions its success had been secured.

  • JUNE 9—At a special meeting of the proprietors a long report was presented from the directors, complaining that the Great Western Company would now only give them £4 per cent.

  • On the nineteenth of February, 1841, a special meeting of the Vestry of Paddington was called to receive and take into consideration a communication from the Lord Bishop of London, respecting a piece of ground west of the church-yard.

  • I called a special meeting of the Common Council and they settled the question once for all.

  • The governors convened a special meeting yesterday; they had Ruth before them, and then tried by every means in their power to get her to tell.

  • Miss Ravenscroft, a special meeting of the governors will take place in this room on Saturday morning.

  • There is to be a meeting of the governors at four o'clock this afternoon--a special meeting, convened in a hurry in order to look into this very matter.

  • A special meeting may at any time be summoned by the Chairman or any two Governors upon four clear days' notice being given to the other Governors of the matters to be discussed.

  • I shall call a special meeting of the Lookouts, tell them what she's done, and recommend that she be dropped from the club.

  • Perhaps, after all, it would be best to allow Jerry to carry out her threat of holding a special meeting of the Lookouts to decide Mignon's fitness for further membership.

  • I must admit," she continued, "that I had intended to say to you to-night that you had better call a special meeting.

  • He again wrote to the managers on May 11, and on the 25th a special meeting of the managers was held, and it was resolved that 'the managers, taking into consideration the two applications of Dr.

  • Garnett informed a special meeting of the managers of Anderson's Institution of his wish to resign his situation in order to go to London.

  • Very few managers attended the meetings; so few, that at the end of the year it was necessary to call a special meeting, stating that it was impossible to announce the lectures for the ensuing year.

  • Lucky it was not this evening, as I have a special meeting of the Travelers' Club to attend.

  • The council assembled once a month, on the second Monday, but the mayor could convoke a special meeting on notice given to each alderman.

  • Five members of the council could also call a special meeting.

  • On May 9th a special meeting of the Dean and Chapter was held at the Deanery, Norwich, when the conge d'elire, declaring the vacancy of the bishopric "and recommending to the Dean and Chapter the Hon.

  • A special meeting of the Norwich Town Council was held, "to take into consideration the recent gross insult to the citizens of Norwich in the person of their Chief Magistrate.

  • An address to the Queen was adopted at a special meeting of the Norwich Town Council, assuring her Majesty "that she had their unqualified support in the prosecution of the war.

  • The president, and in his absence, the vice-president, shall moreover have the power of calling a special meeting of the Society whenever he shall judge proper, or six members require it.

  • Immediately afterwards a special meeting of the Church was held, and it is thus reported in the records:— “The letter of the Rev.

  • I at once summoned a special meeting of the branch for May 14th.

  • Sir, Please call a special meeting of your branch not later than Saturday November 26th to consider the strike at St. Faith's.

  • Please have a call signed by the secretary and sent out at once for a special meeting of the Board to be held to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock.

  • XXI With characteristic energy Gorham made good the promise given to Allen to investigate matters at the office, and not many days after his return to his desk he issued a call for a special meeting of the Executive Committee.

  • XXVI The Executive Committee were ready to make their first move; and at a meeting at which Gorham was not present, they had voted to ask the president to call a special meeting of the Board of Directors.


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