Sentence examples for drafted the provision from inspiring English sources

However, as drafted, the provision was so draconian that it actually prevented a jury from being told that the complainant and the defendant were, and had been for some time, in a consensual sexual relationship.

Mr. Durbin, who had drafted the provision to let bankruptcy judges modify mortgages on a person's primary residence, said his measure could have helped as many as 600,000 people avoid foreclosure and keep their homes.

As drafted, the provision creates an explicit parity between citizens by birth and citizens by naturalization.

"The fact is, every single leader in this country, both men and women, members of the military leadership," said Republican Senator John McCain, who is also the chairman of the Armed Services Committee which drafted the provision, "believe that it's fair since we opened up all aspects of the military to women that they would also be registering for Selective Services".

Mr. Fay, who with Mr. Perles drafted the damages provision passed by Congress, said the law's vagueness was intentional "because we wanted to have the widest interpretation possible".

I drafted the public option provision in the HELP Committee and co-sponsored the public option amendment in the Finance Committee.

"I know the person who drafted this provision, and the first thing I told him was 'Really nice move,' " said Ninie Wang, international director of the Gerontological Society of China, a Beijing-based nonprofit research group.

Mr. Price, the North Carolina Democrat who helped draft the approval provision, acknowledged that its apparent efficacy in reducing attack ads seems to have waned since the primary and caucuses.

"We must do more to secure the border in this legislation, and that's exactly what we're offering today," said Senator John Hoeven, Republican of North Dakota and Mr. Corker's partner in drafting the border provision, explaining the deal on the Senate floor.

To find that way, however, they'd have to get around three stumbling blocks in Allergan's charter documents, including two bylaw provisions drafted the previous year by Latham and Richards, Layton & Finger.

But the person who drafted this provision in DreamWorks' certificate of incorporation also anticipated this argument.