Sentence examples for can ratify from inspiring English sources

"I hope that we can ratify it by the end of the year," he said.

But countries can ratify with legal reservations, and the treaty language has many loopholes.

"And power, which can ratify the truth of good design, can, conversely, debase design into a fabric of lies".

Liberals can ratify conservatives' concern with families while noting that gay marriage is perfectly consistent with that concern.

Obama is seeking "fast track" authority that would let him present Congress with proposed trade agreements it can ratify or reject, but not amend.

Presidents have relied on their fast-track Trade Promotion Authority TPAA) to negotiate pacts that Congress can ratify or reject but not amend.

Member states can also ratify separately.

Under military law, the jury sends its recommendation to Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, commander of the 18th Airborne Corps and the base commander at Fort Bragg, who can either ratify it or modify it.

As I write in my latest column, Ms. Merkel can say with full conviction that she has to wait until Sept. 12, when the country's Constitutional Court will give its ruling on whether Germany can both ratify the fiscal pact that she negotiated with her E.U. partners and contribute to the bailout mechanism of the European Stability Mechanism.

Furthermore, as flagged in a recent piece by Mark Mellman, Alexander Hamilton addressed the Senate's role in the appointment process in Federalist No. 66: The senators "may defeat one choice of the Executive, and oblige him to make another; but they cannot themselves choose -- they can only ratify or reject the choice".

Though General Assembly conventions are nonbinding, they can be ratified by legislatures in signatory countries and, if passed with large majorities, can send a powerful message.