Sentence examples for could ratify from inspiring English sources

But for the most part, the only unconventional ideas that Romney managed to enact were those that he could ratify unilaterally.

The emperor could ratify part of the recess or the whole of it, but he could not modify the words of the recess.

Inaction by central banks could ratify decisions both by businesses to lastingly shrink the economy's productive capacity, and by investors to avoid risk and prefer cash.

In 1983, Phil Gramm, then a Texas congressman, changed to the Republican Party, resigned his seat and ran for re-election so voters could ratify his transformation.

There were also hopes that Germany's constitutional court could ratify the eurozone bailout fund, the ESM, although the signs were a decision would not be made quickly.

In February of 1789, the House of Commons passed a bill establishing the regency, but before the House of Lords could ratify it the King's physician declared that his charge had recovered.

The Conservatives always argued that Britain could not ratify these protocols because MPs had a right to hold free votes on the subject.

The deal was left hanging in the balance on Tuesday when Belgium said it could not ratify the treaty because of opposition from its regional parliaments.

Since the P.A. is not a state and could not ratify the Rome Statute, the prosecutor must have been referring to the special procedure under the statute by which a "state not a party to this statute" may file a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the court with respect to "the crime in question".

"It was the unanimous decision of the panel that it could not ratify the nomination," read a BOA statement.

We could hereby ratify the association between increased CpG-2031 methylandon anDIO2O2 expression (β=4.008, p=0.019).