Sentences with deputation
dep·u·ta·tion
D d - A deputation of elders from the village arrived headed by its chief. [+ of]
- The general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce.
- Though Alessi has already pounced on some of his students, Mr Grant says the 2005 deputation, his fourth.
- The governor refused to listen to a digger deputation sent to him and dispatched extra police and soldiers to Ballarat.
- A deputation of the 11 sports is expected to visit Canberra soon to lobby for the plan.
- On 27 November a miners' deputation to Lieutenant-Governor Hotham requested the release of the three imprisoned miners.