Sentence examples for had decided to invoke from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, however, the Minister, and despite strong opposition from both the processors and some of his staff, had decided to invoke a section of the Fisheries Act that had been in abeyance, and in so doing made the meal industry unlawful.

The Swiss cabinet has decided to invoke a "safeguard clause" in its agreement with the EU on freedom of movement.

Anyway, Lambeth has decided to invoke a new power, a Public Spaces Protection Order, which will allow the council to dole out fines of up to £1,000 [$1,500] to people caught using, possessing, chucking away, or selling legal highs such as nitrous oxide in the Borough.

Anyway, Lambeth has decided to invoke a new power, a Public Spaces Protection Order, which will allow the council to dole out fines of up to £1,000 to people caught using, possessing, chucking away or selling legal highs such as nitrous oxide in the Borough.

They have decided to appeal.

On Wednesday, Bud Selig, the commissioner in charge of Major League Baseball, the sport's governing body, announced that he had decided to make use of rarely invoked powers to seize control of "all business and day-to-day operations" at the Dodgers from unpopular and financially troubled owner Frank McCourt.

None of them had any interest in discussing the subject of silence, so, to invoke it, I told them about two friends of mine who had decided to climb Mount Everest.

Invoking strength made a certain amount of practical sense for the two women, who had decided to become landscapers after being laid off from their longtime jobs.

But if Tsipras had decided to go ahead with the plan after the Greeks' oxi (no) vote in the referendum, he could surely have obtained parliamentary approval – or indeed invoked a case of force majeure.

He had decided to attend.

I had decided to dissect mine.