abstentions in the PONS Dictionary

abstentions Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she was voted in with seven votes in favour and two abstentions
тя беше избрана със седем гласа при двама въздържали се

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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It received 84 favourable votes, 21 against and 25 abstentions.
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It was put to a vote and was adopted by a 20012 vote with 4 abstentions.
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The fifth and last resolution was adopted with 98 votes in favour, 1 vote against and 7 abstentions.
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This was followed by a vote of 369-290, with eight abstentions, for the church to pursue positive investment in the territories.
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The final vote was 120 in favour, 21 abstentions and 7 opposed.
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Dines did not sway the house, which decided 231 in favour to 187 against with 197 abstentions.
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Abstentions do not count in tallying the vote negatively or positively; when members abstain, they are in effect attending only to contribute to a quorum.
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Less than a year later the guidance document was approved by 1,572 votes against 1,325, with 66 abstentions.
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The vote on whether to remove the southern ocean sanctuary was defeated by 28-33 with 5 abstentions.
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The document was adopted in the second vote by qualified majority in the minimum number of votes - 34 of 50 (8 votes against and 3 abstentions).
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