Sentence examples for approved a moratorium from inspiring English sources

Recently, the Republican-controlled New Hampshire House passed a bill to abolish the death penalty, and the nonpartisan, but decidedly conservative, Nebraska legislature approved a moratorium on executions.

The other four Swiss reactors all date from 1984 or earlier, none were built after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, and in 1990, the Swiss, still with Chernobyl in mind, approved a moratorium on new plants.

"The Leawood City Council unanimously approved a temporary moratorium Monday night that exempts the little lending libraries from a city ordinance that prohibits structures in front yards.

The Senate approved a one-year moratorium for all the projects, by a vote of 31-2 on April 10, following the House's April 3 approval, 138-11.

When agreement on a bill proved elusive, the Legislature approved a 90-day moratorium on accepting new contaminated sites into the brownfield program.

Last summer Indonesia approved a two-year moratorium on granting new licenses for clearing peatlands and primary forests, the result of a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, but critics say the ban is riddled with exemptions and breaches.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce on Monday that he has approved a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining claims in a million-acre buffer zone around the Grand Canyon.

In a unanimous vote, the Oyster Bay Town Board approved a six-month moratorium on new construction in residential areas of the hamlet, which has about 7,000 residents and surrounds the town's historic downtown.

In Texas, which conducted a record 40 executions last year despite widespread complaints that indigent defendants received inadequate legal representation, both houses of the Legislature approved a two-year moratorium on executions (although the measure later died).

Steven Greenhouse (NYT) EAST HAMPTON: VOTE ON SPRAWL -- To slow what officials call a growing problem of suburban sprawl, the town board has approved a six-month moratorium on subdividing large parcels of land.

I woke up from my Midsummer's Night Dream back in L.A., where even macrobiotic food is sold packaged, deli-style, and read in the Times that the City Council had approved a year-long moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a large patch of South L.A.