Sentence examples for amendment only from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Bush said he would support an amendment only "if necessary" to preserve traditional marriage.

On Tuesday, it survived a Democratic amendment only because Vice-President Dick Cheney used his casting vote.

For many years, the Justices, as well as the lower courts, had decreed that the Second Amendment only granted militias rights to possess weapons.

By its text, the amendment only guarantees "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures".

But, he said, while some bylaws permit amendment only by shareholder vote, others allow amendment by a vote of the board.

"This amendment stinks," said Representative James H. Fagan, a Democrat, who said he would vote yes even though he would prefer that an amendment only ban gay marriage.

Among the two soil organic amendments, only PM significantly improved the seed yield where plots amended with PM produced 8, 12 and 17% higher seed yield under I100, I75 and I50, respectively.

These amendments only last for 21 days.

If the bylaws are changed by the unit owners, the amendments only have to be filed with the county clerk.

In 2011, lawmakers filed 6,003 bills and constitutional amendments; only 1,390 passed, according to the Legislative Reference Library of Texas.

Feinstein insisted that one could support their amendments only if "you believe that no one is going to attack us".