Sentence examples for cannot ratify from inspiring English sources
Under the current constitutional declaration, which was supposedly temporary, the president can make key appointments but cannot ratify policy, including the state budget, which is still the sole preserve of parliament.
In the bigger picture, its involvement in such disputes inevitably draws attention to the island's unsettled international status, and to the future of its relations with China.Because China bars Taiwan from international treaties, Taiwan cannot ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Given the current form of its law, however, India cannot ratify the convention.
On Tuesday the official, Andrei N. Illarionov, quoted Mr. Putin as telling a European group, "In its present form, this protocol cannot be ratified".
Under the TAL, the draft cannot be ratified if two-thirds of voters in three provinces vote against it; most likely, four of Iraq's provinces have Sunni majorities.
California's time of 1 49.23 bettered the mark of 1 49.47 set by Sweden in 1999, although it cannot be ratified because all four swimmers are not of the same nationality.
Earlier, House and Senate negotiators agreed to give the president power to make trade deals that Congress cannot change, only ratify or reject.
But even if the Japanese do ratify it which cannot be taken for granted this may prove a mere figleaf that does nothing to improve the treaty or the planet's health.
Alone among the union's 27 member states, Ireland put the treaty up for referendum, but because all members must ratify the treaty, it cannot pass unless the voters of Ireland can be persuaded to change their minds.
In theory at least, if even a single country refuses to ratify the treaty the constitution cannot come into force.
