Which preposition to use with constituent

of Occurrences 136%

Globigerinoe, coccoliths, and coccospheres are found as the chief constituents of both, and testify to the general similarity of the conditions under which both have been formed.

in Occurrences 16%

The Federalists in congress, who had opposed the war scheme of the administration from the beginning, published an address to their constituents in which they set forth the state of the country at that time, the course of the administration, and its supporters in congress, and the minority opinion for opposing the war.

at Occurrences 7%

I had no constituents at home to hold me up to promises on these heads.

on Occurrences 7%

Our advice to inexperienced travellers is: "Let him bask!" These cotton fields, rice plantations, and the colored member of Congress addressing his constituents on the right, all stamp this scene as unmistakably Southern.

for Occurrences 6%

To expect that the members could pronounce on no new question without a fresh reference to their constituents, would be to reduce them from the position of representatives to that of delegates; such as that of the members of the old States-general, in France, whose early decay is attributed by the ablest political writers in no small degree to the dependence of the members on their constituents for precise instructions.

than Occurrences 4%

Webster, when reproached for his change of views respecting tariffs, is said to have coolly remarked that when he advocated the shipping interest he represented a great commercial city; and when he afterwards advocated tariffs, he spoke as the representative of a manufacturing State,a sophistical reply which showed that he was more desirous of popularity with his constituents than of being the advocate of abstract truth.

as Occurrences 4%

Radishes are composed of nearly the same constituents as turnips, that is to say, mostly fibre and nitrogen; and, being generally eaten raw, it is on the last of these that their flavour depends.

to Occurrences 2%

It would equally have violated the great principle of popular sovereignty, at the foundation of our institutions, to deprive the people of the power, if they thought proper to exercise it, of confiding to delegates elected by themselves the trust of framing a constitution without requiring them to subject their constituents to the trouble, expense, and delay of a second election.

among Occurrences 1%

" The Mayor's eyes flashed fire; he seemed about to countermandthe priest lifted his hand, "Brother, we must," he saidthe Mayor hesitated; he saw many of his own constituents among the rioters; his face was like that of a corpse, then, "Order," he gasped.

with Occurrences 1%

Members of Parliament came out for the week-end, and returned to their constituents with first-hand information about the horrors of war.

around Occurrences 1%

" Senator Tillman not long ago piloted a plain farmer-constituent around the Capitol for a while, and then, having some work to do on the floor, conducted him to the Senate gallery.

before Occurrences 1%

In the old days, our candidates were most obsequious and profuse in promises to their constituents before election; but once elected, only too often they turned their backs on their constituents, went merrily their own way, making deals and bargains, in the spirit that "to the victor belong the spoils."

by Occurrences 1%

Not long ago a member for a rural constituency, who had always professed the most democratic sentiments, suddenly astonished his constituents by taking a peerage.

during Occurrences 1%

Very little moss was used for mattresses, chicken feathers and goose feathers were the principal constituents during his boyhood.

from Occurrences 1%

As long as the soil is shaded and kept damp, it will bear an abundant crop of woody fibre, which, composed almost entirely of carbon and water, drains hardly any mineral constituents from the soil.

out Occurrences 1%

"Under the husk of the mediaeval system there is revealed a continuously growing antique-modern kernel, which draws all the living constituents out of the husk, and finally bursts it" (Gierke, Deutsches Genossenschaftsrecht, vol. iii.

over Occurrences 1%

But if there's a big fight by our constituents over the bill we let it pass the House, but arrange to kill it in the Senate.

Which preposition to use with  constituent