Sentence examples for a provision did from inspiring English sources

The court said the federal parliament had not made a law permitting same-sex marriage but the absence of such a provision did not mean the ACT could make one.

But if his position makes clear his opposition to the "too big to fail" concept, it ignores one thing: such a provision does not exist in the law.

President Obama has argued, quite correctly I believe, that such a provision does not give the president unilateral power to oust Congress from ultimate power over the debt.

Such a provision doesn't resolve all the concerns of the potential "creep" of the scheme, but it does mean there will be proper debate should there be an effort to extend it.

He believes that a sunset clause is appropriate for any federal advisory body, but that such a provision doesn't mean the board will go out of business in 5 years.

The fact that a minister gives certain reasons for including a provision does not necessarily indicate that Parliament agrees; only that Parliament also feels, for whatever reason, that the provision should be included.

If the parliamentarian decides a provision does not conform to the guidelines for reconciliation, Democrats can (and surely would) demand that the provisions be subject to normal voting procedures ― in other words, subject to a filibuster that would require 60 votes to overcome.

But Mr. McKeon argued in a statement that the provision did nothing more than codify the Obama administration's interpretation of its legal authority to address the threat of Al Qaeda in light of its splintering and evolution over the past decade.

But in a partial reversal, the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in July disagreed with Gonzalez Ramos that Senate Bill 14 was passed with a discriminatory intent ― while concluding more broadly that the voter ID provision did have a disproportionate effect on minority voters.

Ultimately, they decided to leave the matter unclear, adding a line saying that the provision did not change the scope of detention authority granted in 2001 — whatever that was.

Others say the provision did not have a shot anyway.