Sentence examples for been invoked at from inspiring English sources

Since the mid-1970s, the Almighty has been invoked at the start of council meetings in his home city of Calgary, Alberta, albeit quite briefly, in the form of a 30-word prayer.

Confidentiality rules to protect "national security interests" have often been invoked at the tribunal, including by the United States, which has privately provided intelligence like intercepts and satellite images to assist prosecutors.

That clause has been invoked at only one other time, in July 1985, when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery for colon cancer and transferred powers for about nine hours to Mr. Bush's father, who was then vice president.

In the push to pass fetal-pain legislation, Anand's name has been invoked at every turn; he has become a favorite expert of the anti-abortion movement precisely because of his credentials.

This idea has been invoked at various times in the past.

(Bolshevism was invoked at one point, a slur that he calls "amusing, perhaps, but insane").

Subsequently, a fully compositional and non-isothermal model is invoked at these locations.

This treaty will be invoked at the special session of the UN Security Council.

In Roman literature his nature is often misunderstood, and he is simplistically portrayed as the jolly Bacchus who is invoked at drinking parties.

The fact that Hempher, the supposed British spy blamed for so much trouble in the Muslim world, was invoked at the Hilla workshop was a less hopeful sign.

The film is set in the present day, but it is Gemayel's memory that is invoked at the start, to approving roars, at a political rally.