Sentence examples for decree not to from inspiring English sources

Confined to a concrete floor set in a sea of sand, two cellmates keep up their morale by rehearsing a production of Sophocles's Antigone, in which a woman chooses to die rather than obey the king's decree not to bury her brother, a political dissident.

The Republican National Committee is under a consent decree not to engage in so-called ballot security efforts—read: voter intimidation— but that may not stop rogue Trump supporters from following their leader's urgings.

Here, the word 'rescript' is used to sense of "edict, decree", not "reply to a query or other document".

To move fast, these measures will be introduced by decree, not put to parliament.The rest of the job plan merely expands on an existing "social cohesion plan" devised by Jean-Louis Borloo, the employment minister.

In the advertising case, Judge Jackson criticized Block at length for signing consent decrees promising not to engage in false advertising, and then after "they consented to one state's order they have simply taken their advertisements to a new jurisdiction and continued to run similarly offensive advertisements".

"So 50 years later, I'm here to declare and decree not only must America be born again but it's time for America to repent".

Most of the political opposition in the country, newly united to fight the latest decree, has vowed not to hold talks with Mr. Morsi until he withdraws it.

TEHRAN — The chief of Iran's judiciary has issued a decree ordering judges not to detain suspects unless charges are pressed against them, Iranian newspapers reported Wednesday.

French presidents have a lot of power, and he is ready to pass reforms by decree, not legislation.

This is possibly because the decrees have tried not to interfere with shrimp fishing at sea.

In effect, the country would be governed by the president's decree, not by laws enacted by our elected representatives.