Sentence examples for be 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.

If the bylaws can be amended only by a shareholder vote, he said, a shareholder meeting must be called.

Two "entrenched" clauses, on language and franchise, could be amended only by a two-thirds majority vote in Parliament.

The issue centred on the revision and patriation of the British North America Act of 1867, which could be amended only by the British Parliament on Canada's behalf.

Third, as a corollary, constitutions became entrenched written documents expressing a "higher" law, which could be amended only by the people as a whole or by some supermajority that could plausibly be said to represent their will.

The Constitution has been amended only 17 times since the Bill of Rights was ratified.

The law, which dates from 1860, has been amended only twice since then, in 1983 and 2003.

Garran would then no doubt be surprised to learn that the Australian constitution has been amended only eight times in the intervening 112 years.

The new draft, which diplomats said had been amended only slightly, condemns the Syrian government for using force against its own civilians but falls short of calling for an arms embargo or other sanctions.

It has been amended only 27 times in more than 200 years, nearly half of that in two bursts of energy, through the Bill of Rights and the Reconstruction amendments.