How To Use Unanimous In A Sentence

The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
He said it was unlikely the proposals would be put to a vote because ideally unanimous acceptance would be required. Times, Sunday Times
The message was unequivocal and unanimous: far from it being over, we are at only the very beginning of this crisis. Times, Sunday Times
This answer, you'll see by the enclosed news paper, was unanimously voted to be not satisfactory to the Town, and the next day, on Mr. Hutchinson's sending into the Town Meeting an answer of the same purport, both his and ours were voted to be daringly affrontive to the Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)
The amendment to the bill was carried unanimously.

The members of Sea Launch have unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best interests of the Company, its customers, shareholders, employees and other related parties. Financial Problems at Sea Launch - NASA Watch
The California's Supreme Court (in a 7-0 decision written by the justice who authored the marriage decision) has already unanimously determined pre-election review is not precluded when the challenge is based upon a claimthat the initiative may not properly be submitted to the voters becauseit amounts to a constitutional revision rather than an amendment. California's "Proposition 8 - Limit on Marriage Initiative" Should Be Removed From The Ballot
She was formally discharged by the court following the jury's unanimous verdict.
The jury were unanimous in their verdict.
Those who mentioned the subject were unanimous in voicing the wish that Casey Stengel, recently fired as manager of the New York Yankees, would be field manager of the new team here. 50 years ago, the Senators left and arrived
Judge Shwartz was called "unanimously well qualified" in the American Bar Association's review of her nomination. NYT > Home Page
Piff, and Mrs. Sniff, was unanimous opposed to her going; for, as they says to Our Missis one and all, it is well beknown to the hends of the herth as no other nation except Britain has a idea of anythink, but above all of business. Mugby Junction
Last April's NUT annual conference unanimously voted to ballot members on a boycott of the SAT's.
The motion was carried unanimously.
The takeover has unanimous board approval from both companies. Times, Sunday Times
The motion received unanimous support from delegates at the conference.
The Senate functions on unanimous consent: any Senator can object to anything, and require that the majority either outvote him, or buy him off. Matthew Yglesias » Longstanding Problems Are Still Problematic
Ninety-seven percent of those qualified to vote did so and a new democratic constitution was adopted by unanimous vote.
The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to hostilities.
A few spoonfuls of this warm and soft compote, served in a glass and topped with a little dollop of crème fraîche, was unanimously described as a crustless tarte tatin - just what we needed.
He was not the unanimous choice of the ECB's management board, but had the confidence of the majority of its members.
Out of their constitutional optimism, and because a class struggle is an abhorred and dangerous thing, the great American people are unanimous in asserting that there is no class struggle. THE CLASS STRUGGLE
The decision on a 10-6 vote came just five days after the same committee agreed unanimously not to accede to Mr Dempsey's request to change the format of the ministerial session.
They unanimously supported calls for action to prevent bail hostels being used by potentially dangerous offenders.
The main way that a treaty can be changed is by the unanimous agreement of all 27 nations during future treaty negotiations. Times, Sunday Times
The members were unanimous in their praise of council officials for the manner in which they handed the crisis.
Doctors are unanimous about the dangers of this drug.
The convention, on March 11, 1861, unanimously ratified a permanent constitution.
Each was unanimously convicted of ‘corruptly accepting’ the seven-figure inducements between January 24 1995 and February 7 1995.
It was pleasing that racing was unanimous in support. The Sun
The unanimous response was that the entire argument was without foundation.
The Maryland Court of Appeals has rejected a plea by Baltimore attorney Peter G. Angelos to overturn the sale of the so-called superblock on Baltimore's west side to a private development group, according to a 55-page unanimous opinion issued Tuesday by the state's highest court. Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal
They were unanimous in their condemnation of what they called notorious abusers, but divided on the question of zero tolerance. CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2002
The committee was unanimous in leaving quantitative easing at 375 billion. Times, Sunday Times
Senate Republicans unanimously blocked efforts to even begin debating reform," Obama said. Obama calls out Republicans over Wall Street reform
After the Schools Organisation Committee failed to reach a unanimous decision the matter was referred to the Government schools adjudicator.
He was elected by a unanimous vote.
Rice jumped to defend the Obama Administration's lackluster performance by claiming that previous Iran resolutions were not unanimous during the Bush Administration and that there were "abstentions". Richard Grenell: Robert Gibbs' Foreign Policy Spin Job
The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
The board were unanimous in deciding it wouldn't be the right fit for our club. The Sun
The message was unequivocal and unanimous: far from it being over, we are at only the very beginning of this crisis. Times, Sunday Times
The jury deliberated on the penalty phase late into Friday evening, but did not reach a unanimous verdict.
Although the plan received unanimous approval, this does not mean that it represents the lowest common denominator.
Two members had remained exceedingly hostile to the case, and because of their refusal to compromise the jury declared: ‘We are unanimously of the opinion that the book in question is calculated to deprave public morals, but at the same time we entirely exonerate the defendants from any corrupt motives in publishing it.’ Important Battles « Tales from the Reading Room
Hardly had a century and a half elapsed before the sturdy colonists, who did not claim freedom but determined to keep it, formally revolted and fought their way to absolute independence -- not, by the by, a feat whereof to be overproud when a whole country rose unanimously against a handful of troops. Arabian nights. English
Both challengers-to-be earned their title shots with unanimous decision victories, with Evans dominating Phil Davis and Sonnen earning a close but clear decision over Michael Bisping. CNN.com
His meteoric rise through the ranks was capped with the U.S. Senate's unanimous confirmation of his nomination as Secretary of State.
Looking resplendent in a raw silk orange dress, 28-year-old Norma O'Donoghue was the unanimous choice of the judges.
The jury were unanimous in their verdict.
Why such a startling retreat from the nearly unanimous support for the free processing zone 18 months ago?
The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour.
Olympics gold medallists and other sports stars were unanimous yesterday in backing our call. The Sun
The jury reached a unanimous verdict of 'not guilty'.
CHICO September 13, 2010 - By a unanimous decision, the Chico YubaNet.com
Councillors gave their unanimous support to the bill, although some were concerned the wording was not tight enough.
Quite reassuring is the fact that all political pundits are unanimous over one point.
Ivashko adjourned the meeting, and the politburo went into emergency session, emerging to announce its unanimous backing for Gorbachev.
A statue of a coal miner adorns the grounds of the state Capitol, and last year the Legislature voted unanimously to name bituminous coal the official rock of West Virginia, saying the "industry remains essential to economic growth and progress in West Virginia and the United States. The Shad Plank
Herman seemed headed for confirmation after the Senate Labor Committee unanimously approved her nomination last week.
The entire jockey colony declined to ride Saturday's card by unanimous vote at 12: 15 p.m. EDT.
It was a move that met with almost unanimous approval from fellow European Tour players.
The board unanimously endorsed this report, but the press laughed it off the table. Times, Sunday Times
The board unanimously endorsed this report, but the press laughed it off the table. Times, Sunday Times
Other commentators were unanimous in their praise. DISRAELI: A Personal History
The whole school was unanimous in its approval of the head-master's plan.
Scholars, however, are not unanimous about the limits of its dissolubility. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
We can have a unanimous vote but the mayor can override it. Times, Sunday Times
I'd expect a partial backdown on the university attack in the face of unanimous opposition by the Vice-Chancellors.
The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict.
At a multiplex in Times Square in New York, the viewers' verdict on the opening day of the movie was unanimous - all shows were sold out.
Broomfield City Council on May 26 unanimously approved a proposed plan to give tax incentives to the butchery, which is slated to move from Boulder in July and open in Broomfield in early August. The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
On Monday, there was a unanimous agreement from the players that they have not been doing justice to those famous red jerseys. The Sun
Queen Ranavalona does not like darkness, so we condemned it at once -- unanimously -- for we could not for a moment tolerate anything with _darkness_ in it. The Fugitives The Tyrant Queen of Madagascar
The business schools are unanimous that, under the e-froth, something fundamental is changing.
The council unanimously agreed to send Gage a letter warning him for his decision last month to create and give the title director of public safety to Police Chief Randall Aragon without the council's approval. The Daily News - News
Green in a famous series of photographs, or backhanding Republicans like FDR did in 1936, when he said, "They are unanimous in their hate for me -- and I welcome their hatred. Andrew Reinbach: Assisted Suicide in November for the GOP
The mounting evidence of an impending invasion was suppressed by the Associated Press and United Press International and by all the major newspapers and newsweeklies - in an impressively unanimous act of self-censorship.
The committee unanimously voted to adopt the report and take the first steps towards implementing some of the suggestions.
According to the Talmud, if the jury is unanimous, that's just when we don't convict. THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS
They voted unanimously to ballot to strike in defence of educational provision in the borough.
It takes a unanimous vote to do so, and 10 countries now want the process to continue until each country has had its say.
But this does not apply for military or defence operations or where the Council unanimously decides otherwise.
The councillors were unanimous in their agreement that new hospital facilities were long overdue in the town.
Knowing this to be the case, I would be a great gomeril to expect that I should be the only white swan that ever appeared; and that all parties in church and state, who are for cutting each other's throats on every other great question, should be unanimous only in what regards me. The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith
I have already mentioned the unanimous rejection of realism and its concern with social reality.
Parliament unanimously ratified an agreement on Wednesday allowing this.
The support for use of the original rhythmic forms of the chorale melodies actually cut across synodical lines and was the overwhelming, although not always the unanimous, choice of the music committee.
The resolution passed by unanimous vote in the subcommittee.
The next candidate, Richard Baxter, was unanimously chosen the first time they heard him preach.
Three judges unanimously upheld the sentence.
'Shakespeare in Love' (1998) The Earl of Oxford may have written this too, but Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard got screen credit for what is, by unanimous agreement among Shakespearean scholars, a totally fictional account of how a Bard with writer's block sought help from a shrink (who timed patients' sessions with an hourglass) and churned out "Romeo and Juliet" only after discovering his muse in a dishy, brainy aristocrat named Lady Viola. 'Like Crazy': From Cupid's Blunders, Wonders
Sickening in itself, but it reminds me of the scene in Knowing Me, Knowing Yule 'where Alan Partridge says' If the British public were asked whether they would like an Alan Partridge Christmas special or 14 kidney dialysis machines, the response would be pretty unanimous. 'anne allan Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
And I'd want any decision to reschedule an election to be unanimous.
Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead.
Lord Henry Seymour would be "pilled" to-day by a probably unanimous vote. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880
LIVERMORE FALLS - School directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a regional school planning committee makeup that will include representatives from Livermore, Livermore Falls and Jay. Sun Journal
But the comedian, whose previews were unanimously slated by the critics last week, informed festival organisers that the show could not go on, for the time being at least.
In that case he could and should be impeached and removed from office, unanimously.
Yesterday the five-member commission unanimously declared that, fleeting or not, and in whatever context, the word was a vulgarity and as a result a violation.
The first category of decision had to be unanimous; qualified majority could decide the second.
We have already had the location of our proposed new racecourse visited by a number of leading racehorse trainers and jockeys and the feedback has been unanimously positive.
The first trial resulted in a hung jury, the jury couldn't reach a unanimous decision.
He has the unanimous support of the board and has always devoted a significant amount of time to Sky. Times, Sunday Times
The unanimous protests meant they were forced to reinstate the grog the following year, but I still haven't been back.
F.W. M. Holladay, decd of his miscellaneous library to the University, were unanimously adopted and ordered to be entered of record: Board of Visitors minutes
The unanimous verdict was 'guilty'.
Martin's stint at education is inevitably seen through rose-tinted glasses in contrast to his current job, but contemporary accounts of his time there are unanimous in their praise of him.
The effect was electrical: the motion was carried by acclamation and there was a unanimous rush for the now wretched mariner whose false alarm at the masthead was the cause of our embarrassment, but on second thoughts it was decided to substitute Captain Troutbeck, as less generally useful and more undeviatingly in error. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales
But the Arab states unanimously refused to negotiate.
And Tib rises out of that little domestic struggle, covered with glory and crowned with respect; her price so infinitely beyond rubies, that "invaluable" is the only term that can be applied to her; and accordingly Dr. McNab, Mr. Malcolm, and the poor little suffering feverish Dagon himself, unanimously agree that she is invaluable; and the slight rustle of her voluminous silk gown, as she moves across the room to fetch the bottle of colchicum, with the soft slow heavy tread of the elephant, is music to her Dagon's ears. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after a short deliberation.
They almost unanimously hold that the narrative of the patriarch's life is composed practically in its entirety of three writings or writers called respectively the Jahvist, the Elohist, and the priestly writer, and denoted by the letters J, E, and P. J and E consisted of collections of stories relating to the patriarch, some of older, some of later, origin. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Was the invitation from the Board to Knighton to become a director unanimous?
Members of the Darlington duty solicitors scheme have unanimously decided to suspend all court and 24hour duty until April 3.
And the neoconservative school of columnists was almost unanimous in jeering at Rushdie for being hoist by his own petard. Holy Writ
In an ironic rebuff to communications technologies, the bill passed the Senate by unanimous, oral vote.
The Cardinals and Bishops members of the Congregation voted almost unanimously in favor of a greater sacrality of the rite, of the recovery of the sense of eucharistic worship, of the recovery of the Latin language in the celebration, and of the remaking of the introductory parts of the Missal in order to put Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:
My lawyer friends unanimously tell me that nothing you sign can waive the rights of another person.
Resolutions formulated by a committee, of which Dr. Alleman of the General Synod was a member, were unanimously adopted according to which members of one congregation may be received by another in a manner 'that no question of church-polity or doctrine need ever arise.' American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South)
It was a unanimous decision that both Benjamin and Melissa were the best Harry Potter and Hermione Granger lookalikes from the ones received from people in and around Trowbridge.
The board of ministers unanimously approved the project last week.
The circuit courts have held unanimously (at least so far) that this prohibition is within the power of Congress to regulate Interstate commerce. The Volokh Conspiracy » Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform
Our judges were unanimous in selecting this latest escapade of the mustachioed plumber as the year's standout title. Times, Sunday Times
after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously
Its constitution allows it to publish contracts and practice notes only where these have been approved unanimously by the constituent bodies.
I had writen [** typo: written] for the occasion, was unanimously taken him back and placed him in goal [** typo: gaol], and was kept in goal [** typo: gaol] three days, during into my hand, and at the sametime [** typo: same time] saying, be a 100 dols. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met
Toward the end of May, Washington left for Philadelphia to confer with Congress about ways in which to strengthen the army, and it was unanimously agreed to extend the term of enlistment for each recruit to three years. Angel in the Whirlwind
The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after a short deliberation.
The members were unanimous in approving the project.
Following discussion, the annual report was accepted unanimously.
This article by psychology professor J. Michael Bailey explains the distinctions between pedophiles, hebephiles (people — almost unanimously men — attracted to children in puberty) and other sexual orientations or proclivities. The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
Respondents unanimously rejected maintaining the status quo, expressing instead an openness to, and a desire for, change.
The jury reached/returned a unanimous verdict of guilty.
Mr Andrews was selected by a unanimous vote at a meeting on Friday.
They were unanimous in their belief that more rugby of this calibre should take place at the immaculately prepared stadium.
On Monday, there was a unanimous agreement from the players that they have not been doing justice to those famous red jerseys. The Sun
He became the sixth Navy player to be selected unanimous all-American after serving as a co-captain during his season season. Chet Moeller honored at halftime
The result comes on the same day objectors claimed there is virtually unanimous local opposition to further expansion at Stansted.
But this does not apply for military or defence operations or where the Council unanimously decides otherwise.
It was unanimously decided to give a gratuity to the Captain in acknowledgement of his services.
The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict.
Unanimous agreement must be reached for this plan to go ahead.
The meeting unanimously agreed that the current situation at the hospital was untenable.
The meeting endorsed unanimously a resolution agreeing to maintain present high levels of production.
They returned two hours later, when the foreman addressed the hushed courtroom with their unanimous verdicts.
The board unanimously endorsed this report, but the press laughed it off the table. Times, Sunday Times
The union called a meeting, during which members voted unanimously to refuse to work under those supervisors. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
The tradition of unanimous juries dates back to 14th century English common law and became the American standard during the colonial period.
DeVine Law regretfully had to agree with a unanimous court that struck down medical malpractice non-economic damage caps tort reform as violative the "inviolate" right to a jury trial granted in the State Constitution. The Minority Report -
He said the report was not adopted unanimously.
The Hamdi plurality in turn reaffirmed this limitation on the reach of Milligan, emphasizing that Quirin, a unanimous opinion, “both postdates and clarifies Milligan.” The Volokh Conspiracy » John Yoo’s Appeal
The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem such an addition to their undertaking, that they have almost unanimously adopted the first lines of Homer, and the reader needs only be informed of the subject, to know in what manner the poem will begin. The Rambler, sections 1-54 (1750); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume I
The resolution was unanimously rejected.
On the undercard, Thiago Silva unanimously outpointed Brandon Vera, Dong Hyun Kim remained unbeaten with a unanimous decision over Nate Diaz, and Clay Guida earned his third straight win, submitting former Pride lightweight champion Takanori Gomiby with a guillotine choke in the third round. UFC Lightweight Champion Retains Title
They were unanimous in stating that, "in their opinion, the behaviour of the youths who were subjected to the training had vastly improved, and that the principal effects of a beneficial nature were increased self-respect, diminution of juvenile cigarette smoking, 'larrikinism,' and generally a tendency towards a sense of responsibility and a desire to become good citizens. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon
There was unanimous agreement on the early reduction of the deficit. Times, Sunday Times
That, at least, is one proposition on which there will be unanimous agreement.
The residents very pleased that the council voted unanimously in favour of the variation.
The media were unanimous, and they outnumbered and outgunned a single presidential adviser. WALL GAMES
Also in Spain, the Catalan Parliament unanimously approved a resolution to decriminalize the use of medical marijuana.
As the celebrated auteur of some 40 original video works, he achieved a rare unanimous vote of critical approval.
It is also probably inevitable that six geologists will not stay unanimous for very long.
Its members had come out virtually unanimously against the tests.
In September last year members of all parties voted unanimously to grant him an extended leave of absence due to an unspecified illness.
The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
He managed to negotiate unanimous consent agreements to limit debate, so that minor bills of importance to individual senators could be passed with dispatch.
He outpointed his opponent to win a unanimous decision.
The challenge was too much for her in the end but she left the court a loser garlanded in the unanimous, warm appreciation of the crowd. US Open 2011: Maria Sharapova battles to overcome Heather Watson
If this body cannot make a unanimous decision, it will be referred to an independent school adjudicator next year.
These scholars were unanimous in dismissing the suggested etymologies for ‘Jesus’ and ‘Christ.’
A brief interchange of words resulted in the unanimous decision to escape as soon as possible.
The jury reached/returned a unanimous verdict of guilty.
Retailers have been almost unanimous in reporting higher Christmas sales.
On a unanimous vote on all of these charges, he was expelled from the party.
The Council were unanimously of opinion that 4,000 men move down the west side of Hudson's river, & take post att or near Haverstraw; that 1,000 remain in the Highlands to cover the country or repair the works as the Gen* may direct, the remainder to march as soon as possible towards Kingsbridge for the purpose before men - tioned, & that CoP Morgan's corps of riflemen, which is considered as part of the 4,000 to move down on the west Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Her proposal met with unanimous rejection.
The City Council unanimously approved funding for the search Wednesday.
A unanimous resolution, backed by a petition with twelve hundred signatures, demanded Outram's prompt dismissal.
Our "humble pie" is their "humble sandwich": people do actually use the expression "knuckle sandwich" to describe a punch here, and Obama's deal to raise the debt ceiling was unanimously panned as "a sugar-coated Satan sandwich". Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
Even the oft-bloodthirsty critics, ever keen to bury a fledgling musical, are unanimous.
Throughout the following period it was, according to the unanimous testimony of history, the system of faith which we call Calvinism that inspired the The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
It is also interesting to note that scholars are unanimous in holding that the face must be uncovered during circumambulation of the Kaaba in Mecca, during what is arguably considered a peak moment of Islamic spirituality. What’s Behind the Veil of Justice? : Law is Cool
Given that Callahan wrote the opinion and it unanimously found the statute facially unconstitutional, it will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court rules. The Volokh Conspiracy » Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of Ban on Distributing Violent Video Games to Minors
Three of these decisions were unanimous (Berghuis v. Smith, Smith v. Spisak and Bobby v. Van Hook), one was 6 – 3 (Renico v. Lett). The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Sixth Circuit the New Ninth (At Least in Habeas Cases)?
In May 1999 the Applicant was acquitted by the unanimous verdict of a jury at Wood Green Crown Court.
--- And as to its being an unanimous call, I wad be glad to ken fat business the carles have to call ony thing or ony body but what the Duke and mysell likes! '' The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The planning committee unanimously rejected the proposal on the grounds it would restrict access to the footway and could force pedestrians out into the roadway.
Local people are unanimous in their opposition to the proposed new road.
The leaders were unanimous on the issue of bringing back peace on the campus.
The five speakers were virtually unanimous in their view that the State ownership should be kept to a minimum.
The standing committee's choice of legal experts to draw up the constitution, adopted unanimously by the assembly, was surprising.
He was unanimously elected to the position at the first meeting of the new board.
The committee were unanimous in rejecting the proposal.
It is understood that the four unanimously told their leader to press ahead with his plan. Times, Sunday Times
He remembered the fact that his nomination had not been unanimous.
Ronald Reagan appointee, was on the panel that unanimously upheld the gas chamber ban Wednesday.
A similar litany of complaints might have come from any United follower in the street, which is why fan endorsement has been nearly unanimous.
So how is it that Beirut's political establishment, soon to be under the effective control of Hezbollah and under the influence of Syria and Iran, seems unanimous in its resolve to reappoint Riad Salameh to a fourth term as governor of the central bank? Don't Bank on Beirut
The committee were unanimous in rejecting the proposal.
All three are expected to be ratified unanimously at the party convention on the 16th November.

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