Sentence examples for can't amend from inspiring English sources

"You can't amend something that doesn't exist," he said.

Powerful speeches and carefully worded decisions can't amend the laws of physics.

"We don't put lipstick on a pig, and I just can't amend a bad bill," said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.).

That said, the law is not retroactive, so you can't amend a prior year's return, or file a 2010 return that is on extension, using a married filing status (even if you were married at the time).

More, he needs to understand, again viscerally, the single stark fact of our time: No matter how many votes, no matter how much lobbying, no matter how much pressure you apply, you can't amend the laws of physics and chemistry.

"You simply can't amend something that is not built on a solid foundation and this budget is built on the sand and it will collapse and it won't deliver".

NextEra is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, to step in and rule by Friday that PG&E can't "abrogate, amend or reject" any of the terms of its wholesale power-purchase agreements, the Juno Beach, Fla., company said in a filing dated Jan . 18

For the first time in this country's history, a state has sanctioned the marriage of two men or two women; because the Massachusetts constitution can't be amended any sooner than 2006 — the process is under way but by no means certain to succeed — it will do so for at least the next two years.

You can also make a trust irrevocable, meaning the terms can't be amended except in rare cases by a judicial proceeding.

"If they really do believe that the rules can't be amended without statutory changes, then I'm open to that discussion," Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D).

"If they really do believe that the rules can't be amended without statutory changes, then I'm open to that discussion," Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D). told HuffPost this week.