Sentence examples for could encroach upon from inspiring English sources

Rising sea levels could encroach upon the low coastal valleys that make up most of the dragons' habitat and changes in precipitation could mean that the woodlands are no longer amenable to nest laying or baby dragons.

"Nothing could encroach more upon the President's duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed than having a Special Prosecutor continually looking over his shoulder, threatening him or the members of his executive branch with potential prosecution for every act they take," Stone's lawyers wrote.

In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) he contended that a state could not tax a federal agency (a branch of the Bank of the United States), for the power to tax was a "power to destroy". In Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) he argued that a state could not encroach upon the congressional power to regulate interstate commerce.

Every Vote Equal argues that the compact could never encroach upon federal power since the Constitution explicitly gives the power of casting electoral votes to the states, not the federal government.

In effect, the Provincial Assembly could enact any kind of law with no ratification by Parliament so long as such local laws did not violate or encroach upon the Constitution.

The machine should not encroach upon the individuality of man.

Vested interests blocked efforts at codification, because reform would encroach upon their privileges.

They are for cafes to encroach upon With their fenced-off alfresco spaces.

Playing live music in an apartment, it's impossible not to encroach upon your neighbors".

The common theme is that the media face pressure when they encroach upon powerful interests.

"Whichever state does not encroach upon our security thereby ensures its own," bin Laden declared.