Sentence examples for had decreed for from inspiring English sources

Although May 4th the deadline that Oslo had decreed for a permanent Israeli-Palestinian agreement—has slipped by, much of the donkey-work has been done, either before the change of government in 1996 or, unofficially, since.

In a very real sense, he was a young man, like any young man, on an adventure, a brief detour from the life his father had decreed for him of ministering in a quiet, country parsonage.

In many ways both Johnson and Cravan shared a certain modernist restlessness — lives striving to reach a kind of terminal velocity that might outrun the fate their births had decreed for them.

But my situation is that of every Syrian and my motto can be summarised by the Koranic verse: "Say nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us".

She went as far as to suggest the child could have birth defects and learning problems and gender confusion because I did not lay with a man as God has decreed for women to do.

"This is something that Allah the Mighty and Sublime has decreed for the daughters of Adam," Islam's Prophet Mohammad reportedly told his wife Aishah to console her after her menstrual cycle prevented her from being able to fully partake in the pilgrimage to Mecca, another spiritual act prescribed to all Muslims.

Another diplomat described the plan as a "Hail Mary pass" attempted because Mr. Mahuad "was astute enough to realize the probability that he would not be around on Friday" if he relied only on the state of national emergency he had decreed on Jan . 6for this nation of 12.5 million.

That's why we could cheerfully report in 1922, without qualifying comment, that Coach Knute Rockne of Notre Dame had decreed sports a cure for "the effeminate type of cookie eater" on campus; he recommended that boxing be compulsory for every college man.

He had decreed a new code of conduct for royal behavior, but it had not been published.

But to quell the threat of bulk-buying before the change, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decreed that for cards purchased before the increase kicks in, the 30-day clock starts ticking March 11 or on first use, whichever is earlier.

The American Society of Microbiology has decreed that for any technique to be called "antibacterial" or "antimicrobial" at the very least 3 lof10 of CFU (99.9%) need to be killed.