Promoters Sentence Examples

He was present at the September massacres and saved several prisoners, and on the 7th of September 1792 was elected one of the deputies from Paris to the convention, where he was one of the promoters of the proclamation of the republic. He suppressed the decoration of the Cross of St Louis, which he called a stain on a man's coat, and demanded the sale of the palace of Versailles.

It has been doubted whether Pericles favoured this enterprise, but among its chief promoters were two of his friends, Lampon the soothsayer and Hippodamus the architect.

This fell into the hands of the Northern Pacific railway, but was purchased by the promoters of the Canadian Northern railway.

The Liverpool & Manchester line achieved a success which surpassed the anticipations even of its promoters, and in consequence numerous projects were started for the construction of railways in various parts of Great Britain.

Its promoters recognized the unsuitability of ordinary steam locomotives for underground railways, and intended to work it by means of a moving cable; but before it was completed, electric traction had developed so far as to be available for use on such lines.

Before this date the Jews had been learning the rOle they afterwards filled, that of the chief promoters of international commerce.

The success it gained was doubtless due in some degree to the difficulty which most men had in comprehending it, for it was enwrapped in alluring mystery, but more to the confidence with which it was announced as being the long-looked-for key to the wonders of creation, since its promoters did not hesitate to term it the discovery of " the Natural System," though they condescended, by way of explanation to less exalted intellects than their own, to allow it the more moderate appellation of the Circular or, Quinary System.

But neither the promoters nor the sportsmen who supported it could have had the faintest idea as to how popular dog shows would become.

The prizes were sporting guns made by Mr Pape and presented by him to the promoters of the show.

He was associated with the promoters of the New Learning within Judaism, and wrote on the history of the Kabbala.

Meanwhile the monte of the nine, the chief promoters of the revolution of 1480, were exposed to the growing hatred and envy of their former allies, the monte del popolo, who, conscious of their superior strength and numbers, now sought to crush the noveschi and rise to power in their stead.

Being one of the promoters of the insurrection at Caracas in April 18ro, he received a colonel's commission from the revolutionary junta, and was associated with Louis Lopez Mendez in a mission to the court of Great Britain.

In 1793 he supported Grey's motion for a return to the old constitutional system of representation, and so earned the title to be regarded as one of the earliest promoters of the cause of parliamentary reform; and he was one of the founders of the "Society of the Friends of the People."

He was one of the promoters of the worship of Reason, and on the 10th of November 1793 he presented the goddess to the Convention in the guise of an actress.

He was one of the promoters of the scheme for the Royal Society, and in the king's charter in 1662 was nominated a member of its directing council.

Compensation, in its most familiar sense, is however a nomen juris for the reparation or satisfaction made to the owners of property which is taken by the state or by local authorities or by the promoters of parliamentary undertakings, under statutory authority, for public purposes.

Lastly, the promoters of public undertakings of a commercial character, such as railways and harbours, carry on their operations under statutes in which the provisions of the Lands Clauses Acts are incorporated.

The first step in the proceedings is a " notice to treat," or intimation by the promoters of their readiness to purchase the land, coupled with a demand for particulars as to the estate and the interests in it.

If the property claimed is a house, or other building or manufactory, the owner has a statutory right to require the promoters by a counternotice to take the whole, even although a part would serve their purpose.

On receipt of the counter-notice the promoters must either assent to the requirement contained in it, or abandon their notice to treat.

On the other hand, if the landowner fails within twenty-one days after receipt of the notice to treat to give the particulars which it requires, the promoters may proceed to exercise their compulsory powers and to obtain assessment of the compensation to be paid.

Promoters are not allowed without the consent of the owner to enter upon lands which are the subject of proceedings under the Lands Clauses Acts, except for the purpose of making a survey, unless they have executed a statutory bond and made a deposit, at the Law Courts Branch of the Bank of England, as security for the performance of the conditions of the bond.

He was one of the promoters of the constitutional club of Salm, formed to counterbalance the royalist club of Clichy, and he supported Barras in 1797 and 17 9 9 in the coups d'etat of 18 Fructidor, and of 18 Brumaire.

After the SpanishAmerican War (1898) he became one of the chief promoters of railway and industrial enterprise in Cuba.

He was one of the promoters of the decree of 1790 by which France was divided into departments, and was four times president of the Constituent Assembly.

On the outbreak of the revolt of Vendee against the Republic, he was arrested and imprisoned with all his family, as one of the promoters of the rising.

The chief promoters of this syndicate were Sir Rutherford Alcock, Admiral the Hon.

The system possessed the advantages of rapidity, being completed in about ten hours, and freedom from any noxious odour; but it yielded only a harsh, ill-spinning fibre, and consequently failed to meet the sanguine expectations of its promoters.

At this period Duke Charles and his Protestant friends were clearly outnumbered by the promoters of the via media.

In 1791 Alexander Falconbridge (formerly a surgeon on board slave ships) collected the surviving fugitives and laid out a new settlement (Granville's Town); and the promoters of the enterprise - Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce, Sir Richard Carr Glyn, &c. - hitherto known as the St George's Bay Company, obtained a charter of incorporation as the Sierra Leone Company, with Henry Thornton as chairman.

Hudson's confidence in the existence of a North-West Passage had not been diminished by his three failures, and a new company was formed to support him in a fourth attempt, the principal promoters being Sir Thomas Smith (or Smythe), Sir Dudley Digges and John (afterwards Sir John) Wolstenholme.

It should be observed, however, that although the local authority may themselves construct, and may acquire from the original promoters a system of tramways, they may not themselves work them without special authority of the legislature, and must in general let the working of the undertaking to some person or company.

And as on the river itself, so there shall be collected on these roads, railways, and canals only tolls calculated on the cost of construction, maintenance, and management, and on the profits due to the promoters"; while as regards the tariff of these tolls, strangers and natives of the respective territories were to be treated "on a footing of perfect equality."

In spite of Edwards's able pamphlet, the impression had become widespread that " bodily effects " were recognized by the promoters of the Great Awakening as the true tests of conversion.

It suited the promoters of that movement to pretend that they started a new era.

He was one of the promoters of the council of Pisa, and after that assembly had declared Gregory XII.

The following extracts from articles published in 1882 will illustrate, better than anything else, the ambition entertained by some of the promoters of this remarkable organization.

On our action now depends the question whether our children shall curse or bless us; whether we shall live in their memory as promoters of civil strife, with all its miserable consequences, or as joint architects of a happy, prosperous and united state.

Two interviews have been recorded which show the true aims of these two promoters of the Bond at the outset.

In the face of this testimony with reference to two of the most prominent of the Bond's promoters, it is impossible to deny that from its beginning the great underlying idea of the Bond was an independent South Africa.

Those members who stood out were, indeed, bought by a lavish distribution of money and coronets; but the advantages to Ireland which might reasonably be expected from the Union were many and obvious; and if all the promises held out by the promoters of the measure have even now not been realized, the fault is not theirs.

The king, who had hitherto seemed anxious to repress the action of the clergy against the Lollards, spoke strongly against the petition and its promoters, and Lollardy never again had the power in England which it wielded up to this year.

The church and the university were the great promoters of the effort to secure religious unity which began in the 14th and produced its full effects in the 17th century.

If we inquire into the economic ideas which induced the granting of charters to these earlier companies and animated their promoters, we shall find that they were entirely consistent with the general principles of government at the time and what were then held to be sound commercial views.

He is equally circumspect on the issue of whether outside promoters will manage these tours.

The USDA APHIS reviews indicate that promoters such as figwort mosaic virus or rice actin are often employed.

More promoters are tuned into booking female comics but most line-ups will still have more men than women.

Concert promoters can post concert promoters can post concerts free of charge on the site.

Some promoters worked in partnership sharing major artists that helped in raising the profile of the smaller fetes.

One approach would be to engineer pollen lethality by taking advantage of promoters that are active specifically in the male gametophyte.

Promoters say there is not plan to reschedule the gig and ticket holders should seek a refund.

From 1850 the federal government made generous grants to help railroad promoters in raising capital.

With an EU ban on antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed from 2006, alternatives need to be found urgently.

Unionsphony promoters claim redo the entire to the report.

In a coals to Newcastle kind of deal, the UK club promoters exported their newly repackaged youth culture back to Ibiza.

On the other hand you find equally unscrupulous promoters selling germanium with only a few biologically useless micrograms in every dose.

On the eve of evacuation an attempt was made in Pecs to reestablish the Hungarian Republic under Count Karolyi, but owing to the communist views of some of its promoters the Belgrade Government withheld all support, and the movement promptly collapsed.

Among the many reforms introduced under his guidance were a workmen's compensation law; a survey of occupational diseases with recommendations for health insurance; the elimination of the sweatshop; the establishment of a state industrial commission for dealing with questions of labour and capital; the provision of a minimum wage and a nine-hour day for women; mothers' pensions; ratification of the proposed woman suffrage amendment; the budget system for state expenditures; pure food laws; a " blue sky " law for protecting investors from unscrupulous promoters; the initiative and referendum; a Corrupt Practices Act; the indeterminate sentence for convicts; improvement of rural schools; the establishment of a state tuberculosis hospital and the extension of safety devices on railways and in mines.

But the disputation which Bishops Zoticus of Cumana and Julian of Apamea arranged with Maximilla and her following turned out disastrously for its promoters.

Conclusions These results indicate that the telomerase promoters have the capacity to drive the expression of the NAT.

Next followed the amalgamated Jewish usurers, real estate and company promoters ' union.

Finally, will Sam stop charging $25,000 per gig on account that she can't promise promoters that Lindsay will make an appearance?

According to its promoters, this supplement is the miracle cure-all for many of the most virulent diseases affecting people today.

Promoters also claim that MMS is capable of curing ailments like the flu, the common cold, pneumonia, warts, sore throats, and dental abscesses.

Speed dating web sites put you in touch with the promoters of speed dating events.

One of the most well-known promoters of Tagalog films is former first lady Imelda Marcos, wife of Ferdinand Marcos.

On occasion, promoters will push attendance by dropping ticket prices after the show starts.

Promoters need to fill seats to bring in good acts, so they cut into their own profit margin to let more people in at a reduced rate.

For arena shows, promoters may opt to swap your nosebleed seat tickets for ones closer to the stage, so the performer sees a better house.

Many say it is easy to lose weight in the first weeks of the diet, though the massive weight gain touted by the promoters of the diet is probably mostly water loss.

Promoters of this diet stress that this is not a fad diet; this is a case of dieting the healthy way by eating well balanced meals combined with plenty of exercise.

This has contributed to the criticism that hCG promoters have faced.

For this reason, most promoters and venues shied away from booking all female bills.

With her knowledge of the club scene and her frustration with New York promoters, she started JWOWW Promotions, which provides a more personal approach to club promoting.

Promoters and manufacturers have done a great job creating merchandise for Lord of the Rings fans and collectors.

I was up at the dais and one of the promoters came up and said Ms. Nichols, there’s someone here who would love to meet you.