Sentence examples for effectively mandate from inspiring English sources

Ten states effectively mandate ethanol blends, which are now found in two-thirds of the nation's gas supply.

Though the government does not stipulate the technology or type of devices automakers must use to meet standards, safety engineers generally agree that the new rules would effectively mandate the installation of side-impact air bags.

There is little chance of stemming migrant inflows, as long as the countries supplying immigrants embrace policies that effectively mandate labor dumping.

Indeed, Wall Street can remain hopeful that the swing in economic activity from a decline of 6% a little over a year ago to nearly positive 6% will produce corporate profits that effectively mandate a floor under the market averages.

GM and Chrysler should have been merged to capture billions in North American synergies, the gift of Chrysler to Fiat is unlikely to succeed where Daimler failed, and allowing California to effectively mandate corporate average fuel economy laws (CAFE) for the nation can only hurt the domestic industry.

Thus, by mandating a minimum wage, a country is effectively mandating a minimum level of productivity for employment.

The four-judge panel for the First Department of the Appellate Division unanimously held that Judge Berkman's instructions made it logically impossible for the jury to consider the assisted suicide defense, effectively mandating a guilty verdict.

But a senior State Department official insisted that Secretary Powell's decision was effectively mandated by the requirements of the law and what the official said was widespread evidence of coercive practices.

The U.S. actually lags behind the governments of the Netherlands, Brazil and others that have effectively mandated open source over proprietary software in civil and federal government.

Congress has effectively mandated that every American take the affirmative step of purchasing health insurance from a private company.

Some states resist building codes because they are effectively a mandate — a politically poisonous word in parts of the United States right now.