Sentence examples for first ratify from inspiring English sources

European Union leaders will reject the idea of delaying Brexit unless MPs first ratify the withdrawal agreement amid fears it could lead to the unravelling of the bloc's decision-making process.

China's National People's Congress has to first ratify the terms of agreement--a process that senior Chinese officials have said could take months.

Signaling for the first time a will to compromise, opposition leader Antonis Samaras called for a transitional government to lead Greece to early elections within weeks and said parliament should first ratify last week's 130 billion euro ($178 billion) bailout deal.

Dropping out of the postal treaty, first ratified in 1874, is expected to exacerbate tensions with China, but the Postal Service and business groups applauded the action Wednesday.

(Before that race, only "world bests" were recognised. Tergat's time, which crushed Khalid Khannouchi's 17-month-old world best by 43 seconds, was the first ratified marathon "world record").

The Minamata Convention on Mercury Treaty, first ratified by the USA - and now open for 140 other countries to follow is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to cap mercury leakage, make the wider community aware of the issue and change behaviours.

The governing and opposition camps both admitted that it had become politically impossible to reach a compromise, especially after the opposition rejected Mr. Lee's offer last week that his government would renegotiate a key sticking point if the opposition first ratified the trade deal.

Another major treaty that came out of the UN, the Kyoto protocol on climate change, was first ratified in 1997.

— The Graduate School's judicial code and procedures were first ratified in the spring of 1971 and subsequently amended in November 1998.

A clear set of objectives and desired outcomes must be the first ratified element of any launch or event communications strategy.

Ernst Badian believes that a peace between Athens and Persia was first ratified in 463 BC (making the Athenian interventions in Egypt and Cyprus violations of the peace), and renegotiated at the conclusion of the campaign in Cyprus, taking force again by 449 448 BC.