Sentence examples for could legislate from inspiring English sources

Mr. Grillo suggested on his blog on Thursday that Parliament could legislate even without a government.

But nothing could legislate for Andrei Shevchenko's brief dominance, which was compounded by poor defending.

Although it could legislate, this function was usually performed by the tribal assembly.

Government could legislate that all newbuild housing should have solar panels as standard.

An international entity that could legislate or enforce an information warfare armistice does not exist, and is not really conceivable.

Vince Cable said the government could legislate on zero-hours contracts, but ruled out a complete ban.

The sejm could also legislate in the absence of the king, although such legislation would have to be accepted by the king ex post.

In hearings and floor debate, Vermont legislators referred often to the idea that they could not legislate over the safety of the plant, which is on the Connecticut River near the Massachusetts border, and would have to find other reasons to close it.

The newly popular theory of structural linguistics held, in part, that you couldn't legislate language.

What the organisers could not legislate for was the number of drab games.

For example, could we legislate 30 minutes of daily physical activity for all employees in paid time?