Sentence examples for given mandates from inspiring English sources

"Appliance manufacturers are all given mandates to increase their energy efficiency by certain standards, and the guy who goes the lowest becomes the benchmark," Mr. Shantaram explained.

They are hired by board members who often want big changes after years, even decades with leaders like Mr. Zacek, and they are often given mandates to take the theaters in new directions.

This parallels in some ways the restraints on imperial behavior by Chinese dynasties that sought a perception of popular as well as divinely given mandates to rule.

In the area of global health, many of these structures were institutionalized and given mandates to galvanize actions in a range of areas neglected by existing institutional arrangements.

"It's a damning indictment of those who design and implement regulatory systems that set these guys up to fail, where they are given mandates that they can't fulfill," he said of the Blueberry suit.

No matter how many times President Chavez is elected and re-elected and given mandates by popular referendums, refusing to bow down to U.S. interests is his capital crime and that crime is never forgiven; Cuba being a case in point.

In a functioning democracy, such behavior is an affront to the very principles that allow people to give mandates to governments.

"We are Muslim and our religion requires us to give a certain amount of money per year, a zakat, to the poor," he said, referring to annual charitable giving mandated by the Koran.

A yes vote would keep banks open and give mandate for a deal to be struck that recognises the new Greek realities and includes, as the IMF now says, restructuring of the debt which every economist knows is unsustainable.

They also promised that the Toronto Exchange's operations would remain intact and also be given global mandates.

I try as much as I can, given the mandates of a major network, to keep it quiet.