Sentence examples for draft in effect from inspiring English sources

Saying Norway was lagging behind several NATO countries in adapting to the post-cold-war era, Defense Minister Bjorn Tore Godal also proposed that the draft, in effect since World War II, should be relaxed to reduce the number of personnel available for mobilization in a crisis.

2. The military draft, in effect since 1940, was abolished in 1973.

This has resulted in a demographic shift: during the years the draft was in effect, while draft-eligible men could obtain temporary deferments for education or particular hardships, single able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 26 (after 1948; during World War II the upper age limit was 45) were all required to register for the draft, and chosen by lottery.

The military draft was in effect from 1940 to 1973, when the United States converted to an all-volunteer military.

In 2005 the NBA instituted a rule stipulating that domestic players must be at least age 19 and have been out of high school for one year to be eligible for the draft, which in effect required players to spend at least one year in college or on an international professional team before coming to the NBA.

Education norms could be drafted and put in effect province by province.

In 1969 a draft lottery was put in effect, and there was talk of abolishing college deferments.

One is the inclusion in the draft of a limit, in effect, on the emissions permissible from British power stations after 2020.

A spokesman for the Agriculture Department said the agency is continuing to draft regulations to put in effect the catfish inspection program.

A draft resolution circulated tonight in effect endorsed all of Mr. Brahimi's proposals, though it phrased the security proposals in broad terms, calling on member nations only to "ensure the safety and security of areas of Afghanistan no longer under Taliban control".

Those treaty changes, which could take years to draft, ratify and put in effect, will have little impact on the current market anxiety over the euro, which has seen the interest rates on Italian, Spanish and French bonds rise sharply over German ones, and a growing distaste among investors even for the previously rock-solid German bonds.