Sentence examples for could not act without from inspiring English sources

The state in turn told federal officials it could not act without participation from Westchester.

Border Force said it could not act without the permission of the Department of immigration and Border Protection.

The United Nations wasn't the answer: it could not act without the agreement of the major powers, and when the powers didn't agree it didn't act.

One mayor was taken to court, but the judge in the case said he could not act without a specific complaint.

The judge said they were free to follow the law despite the contention of Davis's attorneys that they could not act without Davis's consent.

Representative Gerald E. Connolly, Democrat of Virginia, a critic of the proposal, said the Postal Service's decision on Wednesday validated his argument that it could not act without Congressional approval.

But the commission said it couldn't act without Congress's help.

Crucially, though the Times lost that case, 2 1, all of the judges agreed that government could not act unilaterally, without judicial review.

"What this referred to was that Finland was nominally free of the Soviet Union, but was so threatened by it, it could not act unilaterally without tempering its actions so as not to offend its giant neighbor, which could crush it at will.

"The fact is, it was simply a matter of the agency could not act and function without having the requisite number of board members," Carney said.

Mr. Arafat previously insisted that he could not act against popular militant groups without some gain in exchange, like an easing of the Israeli blockade of Palestinian areas, which has caused economic hardship.