Sentence examples for act withheld from inspiring English sources

The Official Secrets Act withheld from Mr Shayler the right to argue what he did was justified.

When passed, the act withheld U.S. financial support from countries that failed to make "significant efforts" to prevent sex trafficking and forced prostitution.

He said that Enron may have committed illegal acts and withheld information from its auditor.

That's a profound, unsettling act of withholding.

If passed, the act would withhold federal funds from public schools that do not use Internet filtering software.

For example, it does not disavow using the state secrets act to withhold information from courts in terrorism cases, although it argues for prudent and limited use.

He said the UK government would act to withhold funds that UK citizens or companies were attempting to transfer to "blacklisted" countries.

With the state four weeks into a new fiscal year and without a budget, State Controller Kathleen Connell, left, has given legislators an incentive to act by withholding their paychecks.

At the same time, those listening to the arguments will hear the story of Edith Windsor, the plaintiff in one of the two cases — the one that is the best chance to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, which withholds federal recognition of same-sex marriages that states sanction.

This act of withholding a true fact is termed "deception" [1], [2].

The medical decisions observed in our survey mostly complied with French legal requirements, as the 2005 Act allows withholding and withdrawal of life support, and intensified alleviation of symptoms even when it may (unintentionally) hasten death.