There is no provision under the policy for a dissentient minority to be bound by a consenting majority. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
We may be right, but we must be provably, demonstrably and overpoweringly right before we are justified in calling the dissentient a fool. From Wordnik.com. [Mankind in the Making] Reference
There seemed to be not a dissentient in the throng. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
The solitary dissentient would soon fall prey to the hyenas. From Wordnik.com. [The Incoherence of Progress] Reference
'Nothin' o 'the sort!' struck in a dissentient voice, which belonged to. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
There was not a dissentient voice on the subject, either when Mrs. Perry drank tea with. From Wordnik.com. [Emma] Reference
There is obviously a segment of the Labour backbenches which is dissentient on this issue. From Wordnik.com. [A Dishonourable Signature] Reference
The assembly passed all these measures without a dissentient voice, and was then dissolved. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Peloponnesian War] Reference
We happen to be a dissentient body to whom this Protestant character is as odious as we are to it. From Wordnik.com. [Belloc Speaks - The Schools] Reference
Addresses of congratulation were then passed both to the king and queen without a dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
ISTM she was precisely trying to get dissentient people to take an interest in her religious beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Ann Coulter, Christian Chauvinist:] Reference
"A resolution was moved and carried, with only one dissentient, that you should be expelled from the school.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Can such voices be held to represent any definitely-organized dissentient body of more remote origin than the. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
Peers passed without a dissentient voice the Second Reading of a Bill to enable Port and Harbour authorities to pay it. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920] Reference
House (only two dissentient) was granted to Alvan Stewart, Esq., a distinguished lawyer, to lecture on the subject of abolition. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
If it was of recent origin, the introduction of it was, without a dissentient voice, ascribed to the voyage of M. de Bougainville. From Wordnik.com. [Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook] Reference
It was really Russia's capitulation to her greatest musician, in whose universal acclaim there was to be not one dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
An Assembly was accordingly held in Glasgow in June 1610; and there the King's resolutions were carried with only two dissentient voices. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
With Fox's amendment the bill passed both houses without a dissentient voice, and on the 26th of May his majesty gave his assent to it in person. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The other dissentient was a young child who squalled at the fullest stretch of his lungs and babbled some unintelligible nonsense about a pumpkin. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
He entered into the plan, therefore, with a certain pride as well as pleasure, and the great project was resolved upon in a family council without a dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860] Reference
Birmingham (with Aston Manor) was represented by eight Unionist members elected by 51,658 citizens, but here again the polls disclosed a dissentient minority of 22,938. From Wordnik.com. [Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election] Reference
Only one dissentient, and he the same one as before. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03] Reference
I stood up; but Mr. Marvin made a dissentient gesture. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewel of Seven Stars] Reference
The amendments were rejected without one dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5] Reference
Strafford had been annulled, without one dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
The majority cheered, but there were not a few dissentient howls. From Wordnik.com. [Demos] Reference
On this subject scarcely one dissentient voice was to be heard in our island. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
The feeling on this subject was so strong and general that the dissentient minority gave way. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
Following Fraide came one or two dissentient Liberals, and then Sefborough himself closed the debate. From Wordnik.com. [The Masquerader] Reference
Indeed the dissentient commissioners had worse evils to apprehend than that of being left unremunerated. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5] Reference
He took the Queen with him, and there was not a dissentient voice as to the necessity of beginning hostilities at once. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
They resolved, without one dissentient voice, that the order signed by William did not authorise the slaughter of Glencoe. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4] Reference
Both Houses stood up uncovered while the Act of Grace was read, and gave their sanction to it without one dissentient voice. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3] Reference
Nevertheless, there were dissentient voices and ugly looks, so that I was not altogether sorry to leave Irkaïpien behind us. From Wordnik.com. [From Paris to New York by Land] Reference
Every one was in the best of spirits, and, which is more important still, all were in attune, and there was no dissentient note. From Wordnik.com. [Winding Paths] Reference
Here and there, certain dissentient individuals raised a little hiss -- led by Jervy, in the interests of "the Altar and the Throne.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fallen Leaves] Reference
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