Charter, Chartered
a charter (noun) -
a. official written statement of principles
b. a formal document for governance listing the goals, principles, and rights
c. a constitution
chartered (adjective)
the charter of x
the charter for x
the charter sets out x
the original charter
a founding charter
a draft charter
draw up charter
receive a charter
granted a charter
sign charter
vote on the charter
a final vote on the charter
reject the charter
lapse of charter
charter expires
a charter member of
the charter of a corporation
the charter of a not-for-profit corporation
a city charter
the U.N. charter
the NATO charter
the Olympic Charter
a national charter
an environmental charter
a social charter
the EC social charter
a charter of worker rights
charter for the protection of animal rights
patients' charter
a rogue's charter
a charter's goal
charter provisions
a clause in the charter
an emergency clause in charter
forbidden by charter
the charter clearly sets out rights and responsibilities
violate the charter
violates the charter of
violates the organisation's charter
ignore its own charter
consolidate operations under a single charter
publish a charter
mislead people about the charter
a flawed charter
anti-charter groups
pro-charter movements
pro-charter movement
anti-charter groups
pro-charter movement
pro-charter lobbying campaigns
taking a charter flight to
a freighter under charter to
a chartered accountant
Example sentences:
* The new charter clearly sets out the rights and responsibilities of members.
* The major issue is the future of the organisation beyond next year when its current charter expires.
* Interference with religious practices is specifically forbidden by our charter.
* It appears that the biggest impact fo the law will be to allow multi-state holding companies to consolidate their operations under a single charter.
* A charter for the protection of animal rights is considered essential by many.
* The rules currently being used are a charter for disruption.
* The WTO ruling violates the charter of the WTO that allows exceptions for global environmental protection.
* "In making this ruling, the WTO ignored its own charter that explicitly allows nations to pass laws to convserve natural resources as long as those laws apply within their own borders."
* "Read on a little further in the charter, and you will find articles 55 and 56, which implore 'all Members [to] pledge themselves to take joint and separate action' to promote 'universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all.'"
* The politician claimed that attacks against the commission for holding advance voting for people who might not be available on election day were meant to mislead the public to think that the charter had flaws.
* The wealthy couple chartered a customized Boeing 737 to Tahiti for their honeymoon.
* The center is a not-for-profit corporation whose charter is to advance the methodology of public opinion surveys and provide accurate survey data.
Many foreign mutual funds are restricted by charter from investing in speculative grade securities.
* The charter provisions clearly stipulate that all assets must be accounted for, incuding those held by nominees.
* "It is a bureaucrat's vision of patriotism that runs the games, one that sometimes collides with the Olympic Charter's goal" "the brigning together of athletes of the world at the great sports festival."
* The charter of the first Bank of the United States lapsed in 1811.
* In 1500 a new charter was granted to the city which established a civic constitution.
* "Britain had Europe's poorest record in nursery education, child care and part time workers' rights and the position was worsened when Britain refused to sign the EC social charter, he added." (Source: British National Corpus)
* "Subject to the Charter, Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations of the University, intending students shall apply for initial enrolment at the commencement of their courses of study or research." (Source: British National Corpus)
* The charter also expressly includes among its objectives the maintenance of respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law.
* The charter school movement is a real grassroots movement. (See Wikipedia on Chartered School Movement in US)
* "Charter schools can theoretically be closed for failing to meet the terms set forth in their charter, but in practice, this can be difficult, divisive and controversial."
* Many dismissed as meaningless the new Passengers' Charter that spells out the rights of rail passengers.
* "He also said that the EC hoped by the summer to complete negotiations on an energy charter involving 50 countries which would serve as a blueprint for co-operation in developing oil and as resources in Eastern and Central Europe." (Source: British National Corpus)
