Sentence examples for amend only from inspiring English sources

The great powers are busy imposing sanctions on Iran that they will amend only if Tehran dismantles key aspects of its nuclear program.

The bill would give the president the authority to negotiate trade accords that Congress could not amend, but only vote up or down.

The federal constitution, moreover, could be amended only by a unanimous vote of the states.

Emergency spending bills cannot be amended, only voted up or down.

The Constitution has been amended only 17 times since the Bill of Rights was ratified.

If the bylaws can be amended only by a shareholder vote, he said, a shareholder meeting must be called.

The law, which dates from 1860, has been amended only twice since then, in 1983 and 2003.

Two "entrenched" clauses, on language and franchise, could be amended only by a two-thirds majority vote in Parliament.

Tonga's constitution, granted in 1875 by King George Tupou I and amended only slightly since, established a constitutional monarchy.

The issue centred on the revision and patriation of the British North America Act of 1867, which could be amended only by the British Parliament on Canada's behalf.

Garran would then no doubt be surprised to learn that the Australian constitution has been amended only eight times in the intervening 112 years.