Sentence examples for amended only from inspiring English sources

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.

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

(The fact that California's criminal revenge-porn law was lacking such an obvious inclusion and needed amending only a year into its existence is indicative of how quickly nonconsensual porn is outpacing attempts to legislate).

Perhaps most provocative is a proposal to allow the president to send legislation to Congress twice a year that could not be amended but only approved or rejected.

The commission's recommendations could not be amended, but only voted up or down.

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