Sentence examples for approved the limits from inspiring English sources

The mayor once said such a move would amount to "circumventing the will of the public": New York City voters approved the limits in a referendum in 1993 and reaffirmed that vote in 1996.

Despite Mr. Bloomberg's popularity, the measure has set off some intense opposition, mainly because voters approved the limits of two four-year terms through referendums in 1993 and again in 1996.

After Mr. Lauder's costly campaign, New Yorkers approved the limits in 1993, despite the howls of protest from City Council members who predicted the coming of a bureaucratic apocalypse.

In May, the state Court of Appeal, in Los Angeles, ruled that Senate Bill 420's cap on the amount of marijuana a patient could possess was unconstitutional, because voters had not approved the limits.

If approved, the limit would be the highest in the United States.

If approved, the new limits will accelerate the shift from coal to natural gas and cleaner alternative fuels.

The MF Global board, he said, approved the risk limits for the trades, which were set on a country-by-country basis.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Legislature on Saturday approved the first limits on campaign contributions to statewide elected officials and lawmakers.

The voters approved the term limits that November, and the city's economy began soaring -- obviously in anticipation of the stimulus that would hit when the term limits took effect.

Analysts say Swiss voters, having approved the earlier limits, rejected Ecopop's idea as too extreme, preferring to leave government and business leaders flexibility to negotiate curbs with the EU.

Isn't it possible, even probable, that the lawmakers who approved the speed limit understood motorists would exceed it by a certain amount, and factored that into their decision?