Sentence examples for enacted at an from inspiring English sources
Mr. Bush hopes that by fulfilling a promise he made in his 2000 campaign and securing the biggest new benefit since the program was enacted, at an estimated cost of $400 billion over the next 10 years, he will at least neutralize a big political advantage Democrats have enjoyed for more than 35 years.
America's Clinton-era reforms were enacted at a time of falling unemployment.
Most labor laws were enacted at a time when "employees" and "employers" were easily recognizable.
But, if any document was meant to be enacted at a back-yard barbecue, the Declaration of Independence is it.
Most of the laws that regulated the financial service sector were enacted at a period that was closer to the Civil War than to this period.
The changes are also being enacted at a time when New York has more lawyers per capita than any other state.
It is being enacted at a time when the percentage of concussions suffered by players that result from helmet-to-helmet hits is increasing, according to the NFL.
A "The law that allows for the fee is imprecise and was enacted at a time when interest rates on security deposits were above 1 percent," said Robert Sokolski, a Manhattan lawyer who represents tenants.
The Smarter Cities plan was enacted at a 10th of the cost of the tunnel in a 10th of the time, and it reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 17% and traffic delays by more than 50%.
Even for those who were suspicious of the aggressive reforms championed by Mr Spitzer (who is currently negotiating a resolution to the conflicts of interest in investment banks' research departments), it seemed odd that such reforms were not being enacted at a federal level.
"It was his way of saying, 'Just so you know I have one, too.' " Washington is the kind of place where people make sport of their outsize sense of pecking order while simultaneously flaunting their place in it whether such status is enacted at a roast at the Washington Hilton or on the face of a bobble-head doll.
