Sentence examples for down the decree from inspiring English sources

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Demonstrators marched through Kuwait City chanting, "we are boycotting" and "the people want to bring down the decree".

The judge was the one who officially handed down the decree, but judges are required by law to follow the sentencing advice of juries in death penalty cases like this one, according to the Washington Post.

He subsequently waters down the decree.

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But the court refused to take emergency action to strike down the regional decree that allowed the shelter to open two years ago, when the towns around the tunnel were complaining of refugees living in pitiful conditions in parks and deserted alleys.

The court last month struck down the 1993 French decree establishing a golden share in what is now TotalFinaElf, the giant oil company.

Vienna's Ringstrasse ("Ring Road") took the place of the medieval city walls, torn down in 1857 by the decree of Emperor Franz Joseph I. The large and opulent buildings constructed around the perimeter were meant to impress with the might of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

But the justices turned down the appeal, leaving the decree intact for another national election.

Is it a coincidence that in the same few weeks when Turley turned on the BSA with his pro-gay stance, Obama turned on the U.S. military and sent down a decree that the service branches must celebrate "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month"?

Petrobras, the biggest operator, with almost half of the gas reserves, will now pay royalties and taxes of 50% on its two biggest fields, down from 82% under the decree.

The infamous dismissal of voter intimidation charges against Black Panthers led to testimony that claimed the decree came down from an Obama Justice Department appointee, directing that no voting rights cases would be filed against black defendants accused of violating the rights of whites.

The decree was handed down by Chairman John Burton and announced at the party's executive committee meeting in San Diego on Saturday.

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