Sentence examples for drop provisions from inspiring English sources

The legislation passed narrowly in both the Assembly and the Senate after the bills' sponsors agreed to drop provisions allowing domestic workers to sue employers who violated the law and requiring employers to give two weeks' notice before firing workers.

Reaching agreement on that timetable is likely to require Congressional leaders to drop provisions like a mandate that electric utilities nationwide generate 15percentt of their power from renewable sources, including wind, solar and hydroelectric power.

Strong opposition from Mr. McCain, Republican of Arizona, and others on behalf of the business community forced Democratic and Republican supporters of the legislation to drop provisions that would have given the federal government the power to enforce minimum standards on systems that run power plants, air traffic control systems, dams and similar facilities.

Senate officials said the final bill was likely to drop provisions inserted by Senator Lieberman to create an aggressive intelligence division in the department that could demand and analyze raw intelligence on terrorist threats collected by the F.B.I. and the C.I.A.

Survivors had not eaten for days and helicopters dropped provisions and began a slow evacuation, hampered by drenching rain.

It also dropped provisions allowing states to extend Medicaid to some pregnant women and children who are legal immigrants.

From their bill Republicans dropped provisions mandating construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and restricting the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate coal ash.

These included dropping provisions that would have allowed the banning of groups that are proscribed on the mainland and would have given the police sweeping powers of search.

The resolution failed to pass despite dropping provisions in the draft seen as the "most painful measures," such as a voluntary arms embargo on Damascus.

The new settlement agreement, filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, drops provisions setting aside up to $10 million for plaintiffs lawyers' fees and allows users to apply for a cash payment of up to $10 each.

Analysts noted that the drop in provisions lagged those of some of its rivals.