Sentence examples for a sweeping decree from inspiring English sources

In 1812, Marshal Bovril, Inspector General of Flatware, issues a sweeping decree, dismissing all "free forkers".

Under a sweeping decree that took effect Wednesday, smoking has been banned in every commercial corner of "entertainment and conviviality" — from the toniest Parisian nightclub to the humblest village cafe.

As my colleagues report from Cairo, protesters torched the offices of Egypt's ruling Islamist party in several cities on Friday during an outpouring of public anger one day after President Mohamed Morsi issued a sweeping decree granting himself broad new powers and putting his decisions above any challenges by the country's courts.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration will issue a sweeping decree on Friday telling every U.S. public school district to allow transgender students to use the bathrooms that match their gender identity.

A federal judge in New Orleans on Friday approved a sweeping consent decree with the city's Police Department, one of the most ambitious blueprints for a police overhaul in the country in years.

In May, the city agreed to a sweeping consent decree with the Justice Department that required changes in how officers use and report force, and placed the police under the supervision of an independent monitor.

In April, Prayut replaced martial law with a sweeping security decree granting the junta extralegal power to crack down on "acts deemed harmful to national peace and stability".

CAIRO — Cracks appeared on Sunday in the government of President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, as he faces mounting pressure over his sweeping decree seeking to elevate his edicts above the reach of any court until a new constitution is approved.

Even this was too much for the president, who had the loyalists in the outgoing legislature grant him sweeping decree powers for the next 18 months, effectively bypassing parliament.

#zagazig #Egypt http://t.co/X8Mqx0iC — J. Berry / ست الحته (@moneloky) 7 Dec 12 Elsewhere in the Delta, young activists at a rally in the city of Mahalla, where there were street protests last month, declared themselves "independent" from the Egyptian state until the President's sweeping decree is rescinded.

It served to define Catholic doctrine and made sweeping decrees on self-reform, helping to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church in the face of Protestant expansion.