Sentence examples for any edict from inspiring English sources

That's the advantage of Putin's state-controlled television and his pocket legislature; you can create any reality and pass any edict.

But that has been because of Theresa May's roughshod approach to democratic scrutiny rather than any edict passed down from the EU.

It asserts that any sane boss will pay a worker for what he or she adds to production, and that any edict to start paying more will only persuade them to start employing less.

The document says, "We will not comply with any edict that purports to compel our institutions to participate in abortions, embryo-destructive research, assisted suicide and euthanasia, or any other antilife act; nor will we bend to any rule purporting to force us to bless immoral sexual partnerships, treat them as marriages or the equivalent".

However, NBC sports commentator Bob Costas told CNN: "The idea that Colin Kaepernick can't play for some team, and that he isn't among the 50 or 60 best quarterbacks who could play in the NFL, is ridiculous". But he added he believed team owners were making their own decisions, rather than following any edict from the NFL.

Prayuth's proposal to replace military order with Article 44 of the interim constitution would empower him, as chief of the National Council for Peace and Order, to exercise the powers of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government and issue any edict he considers necessary to maintain security and public order.

Its fate is uncertain; it is not even clear it will be around in seven years to enforce any edicts.

The ban applied only to practices and games, so Marbury did not violate any edicts by purchasing a ticket.

The fine print about nicotine regulation requires the FDA rightly but awkwardly to show "substantial evidence" that any edicts it might issue to reduce the amount of nicotine in a cigarette would not create a black market in full-strength smokes.

The comuneros' attempt to use Queen Joanna for legitimacy did not bear fruit, as she blocked their initiatives and refused to sign any edicts.

Two professors with specialisms in the history of the ancient Near East, Bill T. Arnold and Piotr Michalowski, comment: "Generically, it belongs with other foundation deposit inscriptions; it is not an edict of any kind, nor does it provide any unusual human rights declaration as is sometimes claimed".